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Things have been relatively normal for Colin, or at least compared to what happened about three weeks ago. He didn't expect some magic using kid to show up in his place while he was busy defusing a bomb, but it happened. The teen was still confused about why Spellcaster even revealed his secret identity to them. He shook off those thoughts for now since guests were over at his house.
While Mar and Mary were busy talking with Emiko and Oliver in the kitchen, the oracles were currently in the living room. Darla, Eugene, Freddy, and Pedro were busy watching a movie while Billy and Colin were on the other couch.
"You think I can meet your team one day?" Billy curiously asked the ginger haired boy as he looked over at his phone. He made sure to stay quiet since the adults were nearby.
Colin shrugged softly as he scrolled through his messages in case Nobody decided to text him. "Maybe. They're all pretty cool I guess, even if Shadowbird has a chip on his shoulder a lot of the time." He really didn't vibe with him, especially because of when he continued to joke about the all mighty Shazam being some scrawny teenager.
"Kind of reminds me of someone." Darla chimed in as she turned her attention away from the television for a minute.
Billy snickered a little at the joke the girls made towards Colin. "Well I'm excited to meet them, even if you're not too fond of the others." The raven haired boy told the other teen as he noticed that Mary looked like she was finished talking to the other older people.
"Nobody and Spellcaster are alright, don't worry." Colin explained to Billy since he liked the technology of the cyborg girl, and the magic spells of Suren impressed him. He took a brief moment to look away from his phone when he heard someone walk near here.
"We're leaving soon guys. Pack up your things." Mary said to her siblings while The Wizard stood besides her. And with that, the other oracles quickly got their stuff they brought from home like books, and made their way to the door.
"It's been wonderful talking to you two. Perhaps we should visit here more often since my kids get along nicely with your son." Mamaragan happily told the guardians of the orange haired boy. He led his young pupils out of the door after they all said goodbye to the Queen family.
Oliver smiled as he watched the family walk back to their house before closing the door. "You really know how to choose good friends Colin." He said to his son before walking back to the kitchen to see what he can make for dinner.
Colin simply gave a thumbs up at his adoptive father before going back to his phone. Even though he felt a lot more positively about the two since he first came here, he was still a long ways ahead from being completely open to them. After a few minutes, the teen was surprised to see a notification that was from Nobody.
"Just got information about a crime spree in Metropolis. Let's bust this bank robber! Pick us up in five minutes." The text message was certainly surprising since the group had never been there before. Colin got excited when he saw the message. He had heard so much about Metropolis. Being somewhere in the same city where the Justice League trio had their base was very exciting, even if he would've preferred not to cross paths with them. He put his phone in his hoodie pocket, and made his way to the door.
Emiko closed her punk fashion magazine when she heard her nephew's footsteps. She looked up and saw the boy heading towards the door. "Where are you going?" The nineteen year old asked.
Colin quickly turned around when he heard the girl's voice. Of course he couldn't tell her the real reason he had to go, so he had to lie. "Going to buy some groceries."
Emiko was a little suspicious of the teen, but didn't really pay any mind to it since he went to get groceries by himself in the past. "Good idea since my older brother can't seem to find anything to make." She joked as she looked over at the struggling man who couldn't seem to find anything good in the fridge.
Colin simply nodded before opening the door. "Thanks. Be back in about twenty minutes." It was all he said before quickly running out of the door.
Emiko felt confusion when she heard how long Colin would be gone. He was normally gone for about five or ten minutes, so this was very suspicious. "Should you see what he's doing?" She asked the blonde haired man as she walked into the kitchen.
Oliver closed the fridge as he closed the refrigerator. "I'm sure Colin will be fine." He assured his sister as he walked over to the living room table to file some taxes. He should've been worried, but he had trust in his adopted son.
Emiko nodded softly at the man's response as she went back to reading her magazine. Though she had an odd feeling that Colin might have been lying about something. She just hoped he wasn't doing anything bad.
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So far, Kathy's three days of being a superhero had been going rather well. She made sure to stick to stopping more smaller crimes like purse snatching while making sure to help people in Metropolis. Even if helping out an old lady cross the street or giving out money to a homeless man wasn't a major thing, she enjoyed taking smaller steps to becoming a hero while learning to control more of her powers. The teenage girl was currently in a phone booth, calling her friend.
"How come you won't be able to make it to my place today? How else am I supposed to get help studying for the test?" Jon asked through the phone, clearly confused.
Kathy had made a promise to him at the beginning at the beginning of the school year to meet him every Wednesday to help study for tests. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to come. "Sorry, but I've got a ton of farm work to do in a few minutes. Promise I'll be able to come next week." She reassured the teenage boy.
Jon could be heard giving a bit of a disappointed sigh before clearing his throat. "Alright. Let's just hope neither of us break a bone or something." He joked as he laughed a little at it.
Kathy playfully rolled her eyes at the remark. "Alright, I'll make sure not to. Bye Jon! See you later!" With that, she hung up her phone. As she stepped out of the phone booth with her phone tucked away, she felt confidence. She was planning to stop a bigger crime since she heard about a series of robberies in the areas in and surrounding the city. She couldn't wait to get started. Suddenly something snapped the girl out of her thoughts.
It was something in the sky that looked like a person flying, yet it couldn't be Superman. Hernan didn't wear capes at all while the figure in the sky did. It also looked like some other people were on their back.
"What the?' Kathy quietly said to herself. She began to run in the direction the flying figure headed off to. She was a little unsure if this was a good idea, but it was too late to change her mind now. As she left New Troy and was soon in the outskirts of Queensland Park, she made sure to walk slower in case she got ambushed. She soon noticed what looked like a group near a building.
The figures were a muscular man with orange hair, a girl that looked like a robot, someone who looked like he was wearing something resembling a skull, and someone in a robe while wearing some sort of plague doctor mask that was shorter than the others. They were an interesting looking group of people to say the least.
Kathy hid behind the building, but made sure to stay nearby the odd group. She didn't understand a single word they were saying. The girl decided to poke her head out, and lean forward to listen to what they were saying.
The group were talking quietly about what was going on in Metropolis. "I'm positive that these criminals will try to rob the Metropolis National Bank. It's too popular not to get robbed. Fits the paths the other robberies have taken place in." The one in the plague doctor mask said as he seemed to be the leader of the four people.
"They know about the robbery spree?" Kathy whispered to herself as she leaned more to listen to what they were saying better. She accidentally leaned too far which caused her to fall down to the ground with a grunt.
The bird masked person quickly turned his head over to see what he heard nearby. He took a battle stance when he saw a stranger on the ground. "State your purpose!" He yelled out as he pulled out his katana.
The girl quickly got up when she heard the voice, and got into a position to attack. "Why should I tell a shady group like you that? For all I know, you might be supervillains!" Kathy shouted at the blade wielding figure, already feeling her hands slowly getting engulfed by the pink fire.
Before things could escalate even further, the robotic looking girl quickly stepped in front of the both of them. "Calm down everyone. Put the sword away Shadowbird." She told the hooded person. "Look, I promise you we're not villains. I know it doesn't look like this, but we're heroes."
Kathy stood normally again as the pink fire faded away. "You guys are heroes? Heroes don't normally dress up like doctors from the Black Plague." She asked in confusion. "Though then again Hernan does work with someone who wears a bat costume."
Shadowbird huffed as he put his Katana back in his sheath. "Are you sure she should help us? She kind of seems inexperienced." He remarked while completely ignoring the girl's presence.
Kathy nodded as she glared at the bird masked hero for underestimating her. "The name's Starfire by the way, and I know I'm a bit of a newbie to this, but I want to help. Especially since you seem to know about the crime spree going on here."
The cyborg teenager nodded her head. "Besides, what's wrong with one more member of the team?" She asked the other teenage hero. It was surprising she was standing for the blonde haired girl.
Shadowbird sighed as he crossed his arms. "Fine Nobody, She can join us for the mission. Maybe the team permanently if she's lucky. But no more team members." He told the robotic teenager.
Kathy smiled when he eventually agreed that she could join him. "Thank you guys. You won't regret this decision." She said with excitement to the duo.
Nobody then remembered about the two other people on the team. "You're welcome. Probably should let these two introduce themselves." The teenage girl said before looking over at the other duo nearby.
The spandex wearing man and the armor wearing teenager were basically having their own little conversation while all of this was going on. They quickly turned to face everyone else when they heard their teammate mention them. "Hello." The orange haired hero awkwardly said to Kathy.
Before one of the two could say anything more, Shadowbird quickly raised his hand a little. "The big one's Shazam and the magic one is Spellcaster. We don't have any more time to waste." He told the group as he began to climb up a ladder that was on a building wall.
Kathy was somewhat disappointed the two didn't introduce themselves, but at least she knew their names. "Does he always act this way?" She whispered to the other girl as she climbed up the ladder with the rest of the team.
Nobody nodded softly as she was in front of Kathy on the ladder. "Yup. It's quite normal for him." She responded before making it to the rooftop. "Think you need to be on Shazam's back, or you think you'll keep up with us?"
Kathy was a little hesitant about doing this whole rooftop hopping thing, but she thought it looked easy enough to do. "I'm good. I can handle myself." She assured Nobody confidently as she made it to the top of the building.
Once the team made it to the top, they made their way back to the center of Metropolis with the bird masked hero taking the lead. Most of them were pretty good at traversing on top of buildings, except for Shazam who was just flying near them.
Kathy on the other hand was having trouble with this. She kept hesitating on jumping for the first few times she hopped from rooftop to rooftop. She also had to make sure she didn't fall off along with worrying about being seen. The blonde haired girl eventually got the hang of it after a little bit.
Eventually the group made it to a building that was near the front of the Metropolis National Bank. They made sure to hide since they didn't want the possible robbers to know that they're coming.
Kathy peeked her head a little bit in order to see from on top of the building. "What's the plan? Are they in the building and do we have to jump inside?" She quietly asked the group before going back to hiding.
Spellcaster was right next to the girl, and quickly turned over to answer the question. "Well the robbers aren't here yet, so we should wait here patiently until they arrive. Then we can stop them before they break in." He enthusiastically explained while remembering to keep his voice down.
"So, we just stay here until they possibly come here?" Kathy asked quietly to the other teen. She was a little confused since she didn't really like the idea of waiting until something happens.
Shadowbird nodded at the question. "What else are we supposed to do? Go down there and wait in public where people get suspicious of us?" He rhetorically asked the girl with purple goggles.
Kathy sighed impatiently before peeking her head a little. "This is ridiculous. We're going to wait here forever." She thought to herself as she looked around to see what was near the bank. The teenage girl was surprised at what she saw.
There were three large white vans making their way towards the bank building. Each of then stopped near the Metropolis bank, and a group of people in black attire
"There they are. Now's our time." Shadowbird whispered to the team before quickly standing up, and pulling out his katana.
Shazam nodded as he quickly flew down to where the vans were, and picked one of them up with ease. "Going somewhere?" He confidently asked the robbers.
While Shadowbird went to defend the entrance, the other team members quickly headed to where Shazam was, and quickly got to work fighting against the criminals that were dumped out of the car, and the other criminals rushing out of the other two cars.
It took a little while for Kathy to get down from the building since she made sure to be extra careful. Once she made it down, she rushed over to where Nobody was, and used her fire bolts to knock out the guns from some of the robbers hands.
As the criminals in the front car came out, the last one to do so looked like the leader of the group. He had brown hair with a curl, and he came out of the car carrying a big looking missile launcher.
Kathy felt her heart stop a little when she saw the intimidating weapon the brown haired man pulled out. "Have to do something fast if that man aims for someone. Let's just hope my shields are tough enough." She thought to herself as she got into a defensive position.
The criminal mastermind man quickly took aim of his weapon, and had an eye on the Shazam hero since he seemed like the biggest threat out of all the team. He made sure the weapon was loaded, and fired it after only waiting for a moment
"Look out!" Kathy shouted as she quickly got in front of the orange haired hero. She held her arms in front of her and shut her eyes.
Boom
She honestly expected the worst when she heard the middle blow up. Kathy slowly opened her eyes and was shocked to see she had successfully created a psychic shield in front of her and Shazam. It did seem to be quite damaged however and it quickly shattered after a little bit. She quickly got back up from her feet, and hid behind one of abandoned cars to use as cover.
Nobody got to the other abandoned car for cover, and transformed arm into the arm cannon for fire power. "I think I might recognize who the main guy is. He might be Joe Meach." She explained as she shot out some smaller sonic blasts in the direction of the brown haired criminal.
"Joe Meach? Wasn't he a technician here?" Kathy asked as she turned back to the cyborg girl. Some gunshots that hit the car she was taking cover behind reminded her to turn her attention and throw some fire bolts in the direction of the robbers. She was just happy Spellcaster and Shadowbird were successful in guarding the front of the bank.
Nobody nodded as she continued her onslaught of sonic blasts towards the group of criminals to make sure their attention is away from the front. "Heard he got fired from his job for trying to steal important data. Guess he always had a habit of theft." She informed the other girl, and looked like she was about to say more.
"Can we please save the talking for later? Now's not the best time to do that!" Spellcaster called out to the two as he had just finished reading a spell to put a temporary barrier around the building, yet he knows it isn't that strong.
The brown haired criminal was annoyed at how persistent these teenage heroes were in stopping him. "Can't you brats just give up and let me inside?!" He furiously shouted before taking aim, and shooting a missile in the direction of where the two abandoned cars were.
Shazam heard the bazooka go off, and quickly flew his way over to where his teammates were. He got in front of the two girls, and took the brunt of the missile so it wouldn't hit them. When it hit him, he got launched back and landed on the ground. "Ugh. Man, that thing sure packs a punch." The orange haired hero remarked, surprised at how much damaged it did to him even if he was alright.
Kathy knew that one good hit from a missile would spell the end of the magic barrier around the bank, and possibly the rest of the team. She had to think of something, and fast. "Have any ideas of how to get that bazooka away from him?" She quickly asked the robotic teen.
Nobody quickly hid for cover as she looked at her arm cannon to see how it was doing. "We won't be able to distract them from Spellcaster and Shadowbird for long. Our best bet is to get the bazooka away from Joe." She explained as she ducked when some bullets hit the car.
Kathy ducked as well, and began to think of something. She remembered that there were people surrounding this Joe guy that would make sure no one would be able attack him. She felt an epiphany as she suddenly got an idea. "How long will it take you to charge your largest sonic blast?"
Nobody quickly looked back at her arm cannon and was relieved to see like it still had enough energy for a full power sonic blast. "About thirty or so seconds. But I can't just hit him when he has a crowd around him." She remarked as she saw the spandex wearing hero hide behind the same car as her.
"I have a plan though. Shazam flies around in order to distract the robbers while I take them out. When you're finished charging, I'll get into position and distract Joe so you can blow him away!" Kathy excitedly explained while making sure to stay quiet.
Nobody was honestly surprised by how quick the girl managed to think up a plan. "Are you sure this plan will work?" She quietly asked as she quickly took a peek at Joe and his cronies before going back into hiding with Shazam.
Kathy nodded at Nobody's question. Though she was hesitant about the plan, she had faith it could work. "It's the best we got. If they turn our attention to us, that's the signal for Shazam. Wait for me to raise my hand for you to shoot." She assured the robotic teenager quietly.
He had enough of these young heroes getting in the way of him obtaining riches. Joe loaded yet another missile into the bazooka. "This ends now!" He yelled as he took aim at the two abandoned cars that some of the heroes were using as cover.
With a nod from the blonde haired girl, Shazam quickly flew away from the cover, and began to circle above the robbers to be. "Yoo hoo! Catch me if you can!" He exclaimed, taunting the criminals.
The criminals quickly turned their attention to the hero that was flying around them. They began to shoot at him with their guns even though they didn't know he was bullet proof.
Shadowbird was incredibly confused about what Shazam was even doing. Sure, the ginger man was distracting the criminals but he didn't know why. "Now's not the time to lollygag. He better know what he's doing since this barrier won't last for long." He said to himself as he kept an eye out for any sneaky tricks the criminals would try.
Kathy fist bumped the air before running over to a nearby mailbox to hide behind. She looked up one more time to make sure the crooks and Joe were distracted before she used one of her fire bolts to aim it at one of the four people that was surrounding their leader.
The man huffed in frustration as he turned his attention to the hero who was basically circling him and his group like a vulture. "Hold still." The brunette groaned in annoyance as he tried to aim his bazooka at the flying man.
Spellcaster wondered what in the heck his teammate was doing as he noticed how unstable his barrier was. The magic user was even more confused when he saw the Starfire girl hiding near the leader of the soon to be robbers. He just hoped she knew what she was doing.
Kathy noticed one of the criminals that looked like they had a loose grip on their gun, and aimed for them. "Bingo." She whispered to herself before shooting her the pink fire blast at the crook, which knocked them out.
Shazam was a little new to the whole finger lightning thing, but he knew it was the right time to use it. He shot a small lightning bolt with his fingers that struck right next to the knocked out criminal to draw attention away from Starfire. He did temporarily lose control of his flying for a little before getting back on track.
Joe was in shock when he assumed he saw Shazam just knock out one of his fellow robbers. "Aim better! Shoot him down!" He yelled as he got frustrated at how the hero was too fast for him to aim at decently.
"But sir, I don't think we're damaging him even if we're shooting directly at him." One of the masked people said as they shot in the direction of the flying hero whenever he got close to them. Shame that their concerns were ignored by the brunette.
Kathy was impressed by how clever Shazam was with distracting the bad guys so they won't notice her taking them out. She went to work using her fireballs to slowly take out the other three criminals surrounding their leader.
"Almost there." Nobody whispered as she was impressed with how the plan seems to be going. She was charging her sonic blast which was all the way up to five, and it would only take a lot more seconds to finish charging.
Shazam quickly shot out lightning near the two other crooks when each one was taken out by the blonde girl. He made sure to try his best to not lose direction whenever he used his lightning finger shooting powers.
The man was both angered, and confused as all but one of his subordinates surrounding him were seemingly taken out by the lightning shooting superhero. He felt like he was at his limit. "Aim better or you'll be fired!" He yelled at the last remaining robber as he began to get a little bit of a better aim at Shazam.
Kathy felt rather confident at how well her plan was playing out, and there was only one criminal left to take out before she could take out the main guy. She charged the pink fire in her hands, and launched it at the head of the crook. The girl got a little too excited which caused her body to stick out from the mailbox, and to hit the ground with a grunt where she was no longer hiding behind it.
The brunette flinched as he saw the last robber guarding him getting knocked out. Before he could yell at Shazam for knocking them out, he spotted something in the corner of his eyes. It was some girl with blonde hair, and purple goggles near the mailbox who was just standing up. "Freeze!" He yelled at her as he turned his aim of the bazooka to her.
"Crap crap crap crap crap." Nobody frantically thought to herself as she saw the plan start to go sour. She knew she had to shoot the sonic blast soon or else her cannon would overheat.
"Don't you dare try to shoot at her!" Shazam aggressively said to the criminal as his hand sparked with electricity. If this villain hurts the newbie, he'll be in for a world of pain.
Joe grinned devilishly as he didn't take the threat of the hero seriously. "What makes you think I'll ever listen to you? Now stand back, and let my group break that barrier! One wrong move and she gets blown to smithereens!" He exclaimed as he kept his aim at the blonde haired hero.
Kathy was mentally kicking herself for getting into this situation. "What the heck do I do now? I can't attack or I'll be blasted, and I can't use my shield after that since it won't be big enough to withstand the blast." She was currently panicking internally before getting an idea. Perhaps she could use the shield for more than just to protect herself. She quickly raised her hands up and created a shield that covered her upper body.
The man simply scoffed at how puny the shield was compared to the one earlier. "You really think that will be able to take the brunt of the blast?" He confidently asked as he thought he already won.
Kathy simply smirked at the remark. "I'm not using it to defend against you." It was all she said before quickly raising up her hand.
Nobody took this as a signal as she understood what Starfire's shield was for. She aimed her cannon, and shot the powerful sonic blast out in direction of the blonde haired hero.
Kathy braced herself as she planted her feet down. When the blast hit, she used all her strength to not go flying off. It surprisingly worked as she managed to use the shield to reflect the blast into the direction of the brunette which hit him dead on before he could react to what was happening.
The bazooka flew up high when the blast made the man lose grip of it. Shazam quickly flew up, and caught the weapon in mid air. "Look what we got." He taunted the criminal.
Joe had been thrown back a decent distance from where he stood, and was knocked into a wall. He held his left arm, and slowly got up as his feet wobbled. "Give that back to me you brute!" He yelled as he struggled to even stand upright.
"Gsrwxvmgx lmq fc xli evqw!" Spellcaster yelled out as the barrier around the bank disappeared while Shadowbird went to dealt with the remaining crooks. When he finished the words, seafoam green magic shackles appeared, and restrained the arms of man.
Shazam floated down from the sky, and landed in front of the man. He carefully dumped out the ammo before using his strength of one hand to crush the bazooka. "Looks like your little toy won't save you from this mess." He remarked as he threw the destroyed weapon on the ground.
He struggled in the magic constraints as he fell onto the floor. "Let go of me! Get this thing off me you goody two shoe pricks!" The brunette yelled as he was enraged he was close to winning.
"We did it. The plan actually worked." Nobody thought to herself in amazement. She had no idea that they would manage to make this work when all hope seemed lost tanks to Starfire. The robotic teenager soon realized that the newbie might have been a little hurt by the sonic blast so she quickly ran over to her. "You okay?"
Kathy nodded softly as she dusted herself off. "I'm fine. My barrier just broke, and all I have are a few scrapes. Nothing major." The blonde assured her as she dusted herself off.
Nobody sighed in relief as she was happy Starfire was okay. It wouldn't be long until the remaining criminals were incapacitated, and given to the authorities wheh they arrived.
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Once the police arrived, the team handed all of the criminals over to the authorities where they promptly got arrested. While the oldest of the team was busy giving an interview to a news crew, the rest of the group went into their natural habitat. The alleyways.
Kathy was a little confused about the place the heroes chose to hide in. "Is this normal for you all to hang out here?" She curiously asked as she sat down on the ground.
Spellcaster nodded at Starfire's question. "I asked the same question a while back too. Shadowbird says he likes the mysterious aura of the alleys. I think." He casually said to the girl.
Soon, Shazam finished with the interview, and quickly flew off. He descended to the alley the team was hanging out in. "Man that interview went so well. They even like the Teen Titans name." He began to confidently tell the group.
Nobody chuckled at how eager the ginger man was in talking about the interview. "Yeah yeah yeah. We get it. You like being in front of the camera." She joked as she stopped him from going on a tangent.
Shadowbird nodded softly at the robotic teenager's remark. "You can tell all your "exciting" interview adventures to us after you drop us all off." He said to the spandex hero.
"I can get back home by myself. Don't worry" Kathy assured the bird masked hero. After a moment of silence, she decided that asking this question out of the blue now would be better than asking it later. "So, am I officially part of the team?" She awkwardly asked the group.
Shadowbird nodded as the others on the team were just about to hop on Shazam's back. "I think you've proved yourself to join the Titans. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have caught the criminals as easily."
Kathy was amazed that she would be a part of a real superhero team. She smiled brightly at the words Shadowbird said. "Really? Thank you so much!" The blonde exclaimed as she began to think about all the cool adventures the Teen Titans would get into.
Nobody and the rest of the team were ready to leave Metropolis at this point. As the group hopped onto the hero's back, the robotic hero pulled out something from a little hatch. "Here. Take this." She said before throwing a piece of paper at Starfire.
Kathy quickly caught the paper, and began to unfold it. She was surprised when she saw it was a phone number. "Is this a flirt?" She asked the other girl as she was unsure if this was just a number for the team.
Nobody laughed a little at the question. "Not really. It's supposed to be used to join a group chat so we can keep in touch." She casually explained to the blonde haired hero.
Kathy smiled softly as she put the phone number in her pocket. "Can't wait for us to get started." She eagerly said to the group.
As the orange haired hero began to float up, Spellcaster turned around as he was being held by Shazam. "We'll contact you whenever there's a crime." He told her as he gave a thumbs up. Soon, the ginger man quickly flew off into the distance.
"I can't believe it. I'm in a team." Kathy thought to herself as she was in awe at what just happened. She smiled brightly as she pulled out her phone, and added the phone number to her contacts right away. She couldn't wait until tomorrow as she put her phone away, and excitedly ran to the nearest bus stop.
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After a couple bus rides and about a bunch of minutes of walking, Kathy finally arrived back at her home. She opened the door as she sighed in exhaustion. "Hey dad." The teenage girl said as she walked towards the stairs.
Cobb was on the couch, and looked up from his newspaper he was reading as he waved hello to Kathy. "I can see you had a busy day." He joked to his daughter.
Kathy nodded softly as she walked up the stairs. "Check the news if you wanna know what happened." She said as before walking inside her room, and closing the door behind her. After changing out of her hero costume and into something more comfortable, she flopped down onto the bed.
"Today was exhausting, hope tomorrow is a little less chaotic." Yet Kathy knew that this was only the beginning of something wonderful.