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     “Sandra” her Father called out “dinner’s ready!” Sandra walked down the stairs, now wearing shorts and a halter top. She walked into the dinning room and saw three plates and their utensils with a large slab of London broil middle of the table along with large bowels of linguine and salad at the table for consumption. “What’s with the extra plate?” she asked in a meek voice.“Oh” said her Father suddenly “I’m sorry honey. I forgot to tell you that Andrei’s coming over”“Oh ok” replied Sandra replied “where is he?”“Running late” her Father sighed. Suddenly, the doorbell rang.“Speak of the devil” he said “please get the door dear”“Ok” said Sandra. She walked up to the front door and opened it. If it weren’t for his amber eyes and his height, Sandra wouldn’t recognize him at all. Andrei’s scalp was practically devoid of hair of any kind. “Hi Andrei” she said in the most pleasant tone of voice she could muster.“Hello” Andrei replied as he walked into the house. Sandra was then joined by her father.“Well look at you” he exclaimed.“Yeah, I know” said Andrei “I look like Hunter S. Thompson after a good beating but how else was I going to feel comfortable in my mask again?”“You mean your getting out of retirement?” Sandra asked.“I’ll explain more at the dinner table” said Andrei.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     The three of them took their places at the diner table. As they began to eat Sandra turned to Andrei.“This might seem like a strange question but did you know about my Mothers relation ship with a woman named Alice?”An awkward silence filled the room. “Bob?” Andrei asked.“She found out after she fought the Titaness”“I see” Andrei replied “well Sandra I did know about it and while I understand what you’re going through it’s nothing to feel ashamed about.”“I think I’m starting to accept it” said Sandra “after reconciling a bit I think I understand why Mom did what she did. After all, Alice wasn’t really evil.”“That’s the thing about all these so called bad guys we fought” said her Father “none of them were truly evil. Andrei, remember Marvin Rhodes?”Andrei nodded“Yup, the One Man Gang”“Why did they call him that?” Sandra asked.“The poor devil had this horrific case of Multiple Personality Disorder. He had twelve separate identities in his mind. I remember taking him on quiet a few times until he finally decided to get help. Unfortunately, his idea of help was joining Scientology.”“This isn’t going to end well, is it?” Sandra asked nervously.“Indeed” replied Andrei “he committed suicide five days later”“Crap” said Sandra “and since we’re on this whole thing about supervillians not being evil, what about Frank?”“Frank?” said Andrei “Frank, is an enigma. He’s the reason why so many new superheroes became so violent. No one could reason with him. All anyone could do was fight and hope that they’d at least live to tell others what they went through.” “Where is he from anyway?” Sandra asked. “No one knows” said her Father “he has no birth records, no family, no ancestors, nothing”“Well, how’ bout I change the subject to something more positive” said Andrei. “I’m planning to come out of retirement and I have you to thank for inspiring me Sandra”“Well, I’m flattered” said Sandra “when will you head out?”“I’ll be back as soon as I get the old Enforcement Cycle up and running again. It’ll be great to get out once again and kick some ass again” he then turned to Sandra. “And I would like you to join me for this occasion”“Really?” Sandra asked in surprise. She then turned to her father and asked “What do you think Dad?” “I’ll think about it” replied her Father “but I’m not sure”Andrei shook his head and said “Come on, she’s proven that she can handle herself”“If I say yes will you promise to have her back by 10:00 PM?”“I do” replied Andrei.“Ok, you have my approval”“Thank you” said Andrei.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     It was a strange feeling to be out on the city streets again after what she did that morning. No one even batted an eye at Alice. They all went about their business and yet her she was, the first “supervillian” ever to be paroled out walking the streets, holding a hand bag containing her wallet and her suit that she decided to keep as a memento. While she was glad that no one was giving her any suspicious looks, she couldn’t help but feel lonely. Suddenly she spotted something out of the right corner of her eye. She then faced an alley way to her right and caught a glimpse of someone vanishing into a doorway. Alice walked towards the door. She then began to hear voices coming from within and she put her ear to the door.  A gravely voice asked “So what do you think?” “Yes” a squirrelly voice replied “this will do nicely”“Now what about the money?” the gravely voice asked “Frank’s getting impatient”Alice whispered to her self “Strong-arm?” She then heard another voice say “Here you go.” Strong-arms voice quickly returned. “Are sure he’ll fall for this?”The squirrelly voiced gentleman came back with “Trust me. We’ve fooled dozens of people with this stuff. We’ve even fooled the cops”What’s going on? Alice asked herself. She then eyed a dumpster that stood a few yards from her position and she quickly hopped into it. Alice then lifted the lid up slightly to get a good look at the door. The door opened and Strong-arm walked out carrying a large briefcase. He then climbed up a fire escape and leaped top the top of the building, then vanished. Alice however noticed something fall out of the case. It drifted down to the ground and Alice climbed out of the dumpster. She walked over to object and saw that it was a hundred dollar bill. She picked it up and took a look at it. Suddenly she heard voices and climbed back into the dumpster. She heard the door open and close again. Suddenly gunshots rang out. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Andrei parked his car his garage. “So where’s the Cycle?” Sandra asked dressed in her Superhero suit. “Follow me” replied Andrei. The two of them immediately got out of the car. Sandra followed Andrei through the mansion to a door that lead to the basement.  Andrei opened the door and flipped a nearby light switch. Light flooded the basement and the two of them descended the basement staircase. The basement was a far cry from your typical basement. It was vast chamber free of dust and grime. The enforcement cycle sat in the middle of the room and the room stretched out to a large garage door. The cycle was completely black and sleek. Between the handle bars of cycle were a number buttons and controls. Laid against the wall was a cabinet, well as a table that was crowded with equipment. “Wow, this is nice.” Said Sandra “I expected something a little bit messier”“I was thinking of selling this stuff” said Andrei. “But this room is filled with too many good memories. Anyway, time to drop the sentimentality. Sandra, wait here”And with that he stepped into one of the cabinets. Sandra was alone. She looked at the equipment on the table. It was a bizarre amalgamation of out dated technology and new technology. But then something caught her eye. It was a picture frame of a color photo that had seven people in it. There were only two she could recognize and both of them stood next to a tall man wearing cloths that him look like some sort of S&M ninja. Her father was wearing a gold and grey leotard while her mother was wearing what was little more then white and green and orange one piece bathing suit. “Well, I’m ready” Andrei called out. Sandra turned around saw the S&M ninja standing behind her. The costume was all in black and the mask that covered his head had a visor that let Sandra faintly see Andrei’s eyes. He was also wearing a belt that contained all sorts of gadgets and on his back was a metallic bo staff. “Ready?” he asked. “Ready” Sandra replied. The two of them got on the enforcement cycle. “Hang on” said Andrei “this will be a little rough” Sandra nodded and did as he commanded. Andrei revved up the cycle. The vehicle purred to life and then Andrei pressed a switch on the bikes console. The garage door opened. He then hit the accelerator and the bike zoomed out the garage and into the night. It had been years since Andrei had felt like this. The speed, the exhilaration, for the first time in over a decade he felt alive. Just then a voice came from the cycle’s radio system.“This is patrol car 451. We have a 10-71 in progress on Independence Blv. Multiple suspects armed with semi automatic and automatic weapons.”“That’s our cue” said Andrei. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Strong-arm stood by the side of the road holding a briefcase in his hand. A sedan drove up to him and Frank got out.“Have you got them?” Strong-arm asked.“Take a look for yourself” Frank replied. Strong-arm looked into the back seat of the car. In the back were two unconscious men. One was in his late teens, the other was middle aged. “You’re sure she’ll come for these two?”“Trust me” said Frank “she’d sell her own soul to save their meaningless lives”Strong-arm smiled and handed Frank the briefcase. Frank opened it and saw that it was filled hundred dollar bills.“Excellent” he said in a pleased tone of voice. The two men in the car began to regain consciousness. Strong-arm then grabbed the two of them. “We’re going to have some fun tonight” he said with a sadistic grin on his face. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Andrei pulled the enforcement cycle to a stop. Before them lay two gangs on either side of the street shooting at each other while a police car with two wounded officers inside, was caught in the middle. Sandra immediately leaped off the bike.“You deal with these guys. I’ll join you once I get the cops out of the way” she said.Andrei nodded. Sandra grew to 75ft and rushed in, scoping up the police car in her hands and carried it to a safe distance before she set it down. For a few faint seconds the two gangs stopped firing as looked in shock at Sandra’s sudden appearance. This gave Andrei enough time to get the drop on the gang on the right. He threw a smoke bomb into the gang’s position. The bomb went off, blinding the gang. “What the hell?” a gang member cried.“What is this shit?” another one shouted. The gang coughed and gagged until they were suddenly silenced. Their opponents looked on in disbelief until the smoke cleared and there stood the Dark Enforcer with his bo staff drawn. The gang freaked out and split up. One group fled back into the alley, while the other fled down the street.“Sandra!” Andrei cried. Sandra came running toward him. “Over there!” and he pointed to the fleeing gang members on the street. Sandra rushed after them and Andrei ran into the alley, bo staff at the ready. “Not so fast” said Sandra as she scooped up the fleeing roughens. They pointed their weapons at her but she began to shake them violently until their guns feel into her other hand. She then promptly crushed the weapons. She turned around and saw a number of police cars gathering before her. One heavy set officer rushed up to her.“Is that all of them?” he asked.“No” replied Sandra and she pointed to the alley. Suddenly the three of the remaining gang members ran from the alley screaming while the others tried in vain to stop the Dark Enforcer. Before long, the perpetrators were subdued. Andrei walked out of alley feeling proud of himself and he was also escorting a familiar women out as well. He couldn’t help but smile as he saw the officers talked among themselves about his return. Sandra’s eyes fell on the woman.“Alice?” she asked in surprise“Yup kiddo it’s me” she replied. “I found her in a dumpster” said Andrei “apparently she stumbled upon a bunch of counterfeiters”“And got in the middle of street feud” added Alice.Just then another police officer approached Sandra.“We need your help” he said “we’ve got a hostage situation”“Terrorists?” asked Sandra.“No” replied the Officer “it’s Strong-arm and he wants to see you”
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