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Have you ever wanted to be superhero? Eunjin did and then she became one! Read about her and her friends dealing with the annoying life of teenagers and being superheroes at the same time!

How long will they be able to hide their identities for? Will they stay friends? How will it end? Maybe we'll never know...

This story includes parental negligence and abuse, as well as superhero typical violence. In later chapters LGBTQ+ topics will be included as well.

The uploads are not going to be regular.

Shin Eunjin walked along Korea's pavements. The light from the street lamps illuminated her path. She had just left her school building and was making her way towards her house. She sighed. Since neither her parents nor her brother were home, there would be no one waiting for her with dinner, no one waiting to greet her when she walked through the door. Out of boredom, Eunjin decided to stop at a convenience store and buy a sweet treat.

She walked in and noticed that there were barely any customers inside. Just an older man arguing about the price of soju with the cashier. Eunjin picked up a chocolate bar and walked towards the register, politely smiling at the older man, who just ignored her and continued shouting. She placed money on the counter. The cashier didn't bother looking at her. He just gestured towards the door, so she left.

As soon as Eunjin left the store, she heard a loud bang from off in the distance. Her heart raced with anticipation. She felt excited, happy, needed. She quickly ran behind the store’s building. Away from all the cameras. Eunjin took out a change of clothes from her backpack and a bottle of spray on hair dye. She suited up and then ran towards the noise. Leaving all of her things behind, she’d come back for them later. Soon stood in front of a large building, burning in flames, people running, screaming, her name.

“Pia!” she heard coming from nowhere. Eunjin, well… Pia knew it wasn't nowhere. The voice was her best friend. Possibly the only person she could call her friend. She just couldn't see her right now.

“You okay, what happened?” Pia asked.

“They tried to rob it, the bank… I tried to follow one of the guys, but I lost him. Fuck, my leg!” Pia heard a thump and saw a puddle of blood dripping from the air.

“Are you hurt? Do you wanna sit this one out?” Pia asked.

“No, I'm okay, just need a minute. That guy next to the bank’s door has the description of the robbers… You can ask him for it” that was the last thing Pia heard, then she saw droplets of blood slowly making their way to a nearby bench. Pia ran towards the man who her friend mentioned.

“Oh, MP, how good you're here! They blew it up! My money, oh God…”

“I'm here to help. Can you describe the robbers to me?”

“Yes… ah… I took a photo, but it's a bit blurry” the man showed her his phone. Pia could make up the outfits of the robbers, but not their faces. One of them was wearing neon green trainers, she’ll definitely spot him.

“Thank you. Did you see what direction they went?” Pia asked and the man pointed towards one of the busier roads. Pia gave him his phone back and ran in that direction.

She felt excited as she ran past the buildings trying to locate the culprits. MP was everything Eunjin wasn't, she could be anywhere at any time, while Eunjin could hardly have a minute for herself. Sometimes it felt as if the two of them were different people, but they really weren't. Though Eunjin dreamt she could use some of MP’s powers in her daily life she knew she couldn't. It would all end if she did. That’s how it worked after all. She’s been warned about it when she got her powers. She’s been told to only use them for the good of the world, not for selfish reasons. She didn’t wanna risk proving the warning wrong. She didn’t wanna lose what she has.

“Stop right there!” MP yelled at a man with neon green trainers and another man standing next to him. She thought they could be the robbers. They turned to look at her then started running in opposite directions. It wasn't a problem for Pia though. She stood still and focused. Cloning herself wasn’t hard, but she needed to focus on it, just a bit. Soon in front of her stood a clone, an exact replica of her, it just couldn’t think for itself “Catch the guy with the neon green trainers” she commanded the clone and it ran after one of the men. Pia ran after the other.

Pia chased him into a forest. The man was probably hoping she would lose track of him. But she wouldn't do that. She never did. She followed closely behind him for a while. Pia walked slowly and quietly to not draw too much attention to herself. The robber stopped to catch his breath, like he was safe. He wasn’t.

Pia hid next to a tree behind him. The man bent over to tie his shoe. Perfect. She got closer to him. She was right behind him, ready to push him to the ground and cuff his hands behind his back. But she felt herself getting pushed to the ground by an unknown force. Fast, too fast. She fell to the ground. Her head hitting a rock. She wouldn't make it, her consciousness drifted away. The last thing she saw was a tall figure dressed in purple standing over her.

“Oh God! I killed a girl!” screamed Velocity. Under her feet lay the body of a young girl, her head bleeding. Velocity looked down horrified. That's not what was supposed to happen. She wasn't the only one horrified. The man looked towards her and started trembling. He slowly backed away. He wouldn't get far though. Velocity ran towards him, faster than light, and pushed him to the ground. The man got lucky, unlike the girl from before, and survived the fall. Velocity tied him up.She left the man on the ground and walked back to the girl. She kneeled down next to her and put a finger on her throat, trying to feel a pulse.Oh God, she thought. First day as a superhero, and I killed a different superhero! God, that’s it. First and last day, no way they’ll let me stay!Velocity started to panic. She ran towards the city, maybe she could find some help. Maybe there was still time. Velocity arrived at a police station. It was closer than the hospital and every second mattered.“Excuse me! Mister!” she screamed. A police officer was standing with his back to her, talking to somebody else. He excused the other person and turned to her.“Yes? What happened?”“There is a robber. I caught him in the forest. And the girl…” Velocity started explaining, but she soon stopped, her eyes widening.“Oh! You got him! Awesome! I tried, but someone knocked me out. I'm MP! What's your name?” MP interrupted and the policeman ran to detain the remaining robber.“You- I- But-” Velocity stuttered.“You okay?”“How are you here? You’re okay?”“Why wouldn’t I be?”“Cause you were there?!” Velocity pointed outside. “And you weren’t breathing!”“Wait, you were the one who pushed me? I thought that was one of the robbers! What the fuck?!” screamed MP.“But, how are you…”“How am I? How do you think?! Maybe say sorry, huh?! You fucking killed me!”“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m very new to this, I don’t really know what I’m doing… Can we start over?” Velocity asked hopefully.“Okay, I can see that you're a little bit lost, so sure. Let’s do that. My name is MP. My friends call me Pia. I'm a superhero. What about you?” MP smiled at Velocity, who was still standing still and looking at her still in shock.“I-I’m Velocity. But how?”“I can make clones of myself, copies of my body that do whatever I command them to. I'm alive as long as one of my clones is alive. What can you do?”“I’m… fast” Velocity was still in shock at what had just happened. She was sure he had killed somebody!“Great, you have superspeed. That must be how you smacked me so hard. You know, it really hurt me. But it's okay now. Wanna go take a seat somewhere?” MP took Velocity by her hand without waiting for a response and dragged her off to a bench.“How is that possible? You’re still alive! What kind of science…” asked Velocity.“I don't know, it just happens” answered MP.“But… how can you not know?”“Well, how about you? How is superspeed possible?”“I… don’t actually know. I just woke up one day, and I could do it. It’s a long story.”“Didn't you see me before on the news? I thought everyone knew that about me already”“No, I didn't really care about the whole… superhero thing until I became one, which was very recent”“Ah, I see. Would you like some water?” MP gestured towards a vending machine. Velocity nodded, clearly fatigued from the whole ordeal.“Want me to get you some?” asked a voice coming from next to Velocity. Velocity screamed.“Relax! It's my friend, she's invisible. Yes, please, get us some water, honey. Didn't you see the floating bandage?”“Jesus, you're gonna kill me! And no, I didn't” exclaimed Velocity.“No, no. You killed me” MP joked and leaned back on the bench. She looked to the side at Velocity. The girl was very tall. MP thought she must be older than her. MP’s friend came back with a water bottle and gave it to Velocity. She took a sip and gave the water bottle back.“This is weird”“Welcome to superhero-ing! How long have you been at it?” asked MP.“Um, I had just gotten those powers like… two weeks ago? I think”“So not long! Wow. Do you have an account already? On Opaque? The app should be on your phone. With a calculator icon! You should add me!”“Oh, yeah, I noticed that. I wasn't sure what it was” Velocity took her phone out, it wasn't anything special. One of the newer models, black. She unlocked it, the wallpaper was the default one, the phone was clearly new.Velocity navigated to the apps menu. What stood out most were two calculators. One next to the other. She clicked the one with the blue icon. What opened up wasn't a calculator at all. The name Opaque showed on the screen. A secret social media just for superheroes.It appeared on Velocity’s phone when she got her powers. She doesn't remember downloading it. At first she thought it was a virus, that's why she'd gotten a new phone. But the weird app appeared on her new phone as well. Only recently she had opened it and realised what it actually was. She hasn't explored the app much though. MP took the phone from Velocity and navigated to the friends tab, she searched for her username and sent a friend request.“There! Done! We can talk to each other now! How exciting!” MP stood up from the bench.“So… what now? The robbers are caught. Is there something else we need to do?” asked Velocity.“Nothing. Now we go and do whatever it is that we do in our boring daily lives. See you later” explained Pia and ran off.