A New City

[Chloe Price]

I woke up in the hotel lobby. I looked to my left, and saw Joel. "Kinda saw you pass out there...Something go wrong during patrol?" the hotel owner asked.

"Yeah...You see, for whatever reason, my speed runs on LOTS of carbon or whatever...Not really sure...Point is, I need lots of food to fuel my speed, and I've only eaten ONCE since I got here." I explained.

"...Stupid weakness, in my opinion." Joel commented, laughing a little. "Couldn't you have just summoned some trail mix or something?"

"Shut up." I said in response. "Anyway...Comeback also got away..."

"If Comeback is some shady guy that has boomerangs, he's right across the street." Joel said, looking out the window.

"...Why'd that guy show up here? Trying to look for somewhere to rob?" I asked, looking out the window; it was definitely Comeback, in the middle of the street, trying to blend in among the crowd to get away. His cap was gone, and his boomerangs were better tucked into his jacket, but the tips were still visible.

Comeback sighted me. I saw him look right at me. He slowly moved towards the hotel. About 5 seconds later, he entered, and walked from the hallway right into the main room. "SCARLET SPEEDSTER." Comeback announced.

"...Comeback...We meet again." I said in response.

"That is a TERRIBLE villain name." Comeback said. He reached into his coat, removed his blue cap from the inside, and put it on, feeling smug.

"Why did you come here?" I asked.

"I came on business." Comeback said. "But, I saw you and thought...Why not visit...? And now we're here." He drew a metal boomerang. It seemed to shine.

"I know a few of your tricks, Arlok...Pretty sure I can defeat you now." I said. Lightning sparked in my eyes, as I got ready for battle.

Comeback threw his weapon, and the battle was on. I ducked the boomerang, then stayed down as it came back. My eyes followed the weapon as it went towards Arlok. Quickly, Arlok took evasive action as the weapon rocketed through the left hand window on the front wall, before landing in the middle of the streets. Comeback then threw another boomerang at me. I dodged, and this time tackled the weaponized crook through the already-broken window, landing on the streets. He drew another boomerang, this time with a button on one side. He pressed the button, smirking, and threw it. I redirected the boomerang, but didn't manage to aim it at him. It instead hit a nearby cafe.

Boom.

Instantly, there was a hole in the cafe. Debris flew everywhere. Luckily, nobody was hurt. I used this as an opportunity to attack while Comeback was distracted. I performed a speedy kick, knocking him back a bit, before going for a strong punch using all my force. Comeback was down, but once again quickly, well, came back. He threw another boomerang. I spun at high speeds, catching the boomerang and throwing it back at Comeback. It was metal, but it wasn't exactly sharp. It bludgeoned his head and sent him barreling over. He slowly got back up. He then drew another explosive boomerang.

"Alright, Scarlet Speedster...This means war." Comeback said. He threw the explosive at me, and I dodged. It went through the gaping hole in the wall, arced a bit, and hit the wall of a nearby china shop.

Boom.

I threw Comeback back onto the streets, and went for some speed punches. His response was to throw another boomerang at me.

"How original." I quipped while dodging. I then went for a few more speed punches, which resulted in him dodging. While wondering how he could dodge punches moving at super speed, I was hit with a solid kick to the head. I hit the ground hard. I then looked up at Comeback, before getting up. I then tackled him at super speed, resulting in a landing in the china shop, knocking a few plates off the shelves. An angry Chinese man started yelling at me because I broke his plates. Shrugging it off, I continued my combat with Comeback, performing a leg sweep and knocking him into another shelf. I heard a loud 'crash' noise, signifying plates were broken. I then went for a solid punch, knocking Comeback out of commission. I then saw a few Stormtroopers coming close, and threw the criminal to them before speeding back into the hotel through the main door.

"That...Was...AWESOME!" Joel said, obviously impressed.

"Great that you think so. Meanwhile, 3 buildings were damaged, including this one." I responded. "I'm pretty sure people were hurt in the crossfire...And that I'm not gonna be buying any fine china any time soon."

"Don't be so hard on yourself...That guy was pretty dangerous." Joel said. "And, hey...You probably saved a lot of people today, just by putting that guy away."

"Thanks...But, people were hurt. And I know it. He blew holes in 2 buildings with BOOMERANGS!" I said. "...Man, I need some rest...Today was exhausting."

I went up to my room. The moldy stain seemed to have gotten bigger. I still didn't have any intention on finding out what it was. So, I walked around it and got in bed. I was out like a light, after a hard day of getting beat up.