“Who’s that freak?”

“Dirk, one of the new guys. Maybe he was thinking about protecting me?!” explains Danny, shrugging. Turner is kneeling on the ground, looking at his wound. His eyes lit up.

“Wait a moment, Turner. Don’t make this messier”.

The man in grey is strolling fast toward the complex. I wonder how can people be so easy with guns. And just when Turner had not fight back for most of the time, because, I bet, he thought he was deserving that . Just when he pushed away Danny, to avoid more damage, that loon shoot him.

I take the top from one of the garbage bins that fill the narrow alley. Without even aim, like I now I am used to do, throw it toward that Dirk. Hit him on the back of the head. The man fall. On the ground, his hand goes to the head, than turn back, looking at me. Guess he’s harder than I though. Without even noticing, there is a big gun in his hand, and he is aiming at me.

He fire.

And a little flag with BANG written in capital letters appears.

I sigh of relief. Good old Mxy. He is smiling next to me, while Danny is helping Turner to stand. Funny how dire situation settle any difference.

I walk slowly toward the man in grey coat, my feathers all sprout out to give a somewhat more imposing look. He is wondering at the little flag, still sitting on the ground.

I lend him a hand, but he refuse to take it.

“Dirk Bell, I suppose” I say. “I am Edulcore Cicciotto. That is a friend of mine, Turner” I say, pointing my thumb back, over my shoulder.

“He was harming a friend of mine, Danny”.

“THEY were settling their arguments like gentlemen. YOU shot him from behind. That is not what a gentleman does”.

“Who the fuck you think of being?”

“Just a friend. A friend that doesn’t like guns. A friend that thinks gun are only symbolic replacements for something I bet you are lacking.”

He turns very angry, and his right hands quickly move toward my jaw. he is fat, maybe the fastest man I ever meet. But I am no man, I am metahuman. I was the fastest meta around, before Tobias showed up. And altough I have lost the supervelocity, I am still faster than any human. My fist reaches his face just a moment before his own reaches mine.

And he falls to the ground.

[ 09-06-2002, 11:09 AM: Message edited by: The Eurostar ]