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After learning what they were, Amy excitedly took to the streets to try and figure out the layout of the area. Usually, she liked to stick with Max, Ace, and Todd, but right now she was branching out on her own to cover more ground. By now she had a small layout of the city in her mind’s eye – she’d visited every district except Shyanne’s, the cold one that she didn’t want to meander into. She wondered if any Villains had seen her yet or if any were planning an attack! She hoped they were! She wanted to kick some bad guy ass!

She didn’t look where she was going and bumped into someone as she walked. She let out an ”ooft” sound, as the communication device she’d gotten to keep in contact with Todd, Max, and Ace fell to the ground. She heard a crack and her blood ran cold as she whirled over to look at the man she’d bump into.

The wind rolled by and rustled his hair, the dark strands of which flitted across his mask. She narrowed her eyes and trailed them down his body until she stopped at his feet where her device was wedged between his shoe and the ground.

”Gah! Move your foot!” She demanded, shoving his foot out of the way. Crap. She wished her ability was to rewind time... she picked up her communication device with a frown on her face. God damn it! ”You squashed my mojo, dude!”

”Haven’t you heard what they say? ‘Any attention is good attention’?” Amy asked. She glared down at the communication device and when the guy offered to get her a new one, she didn’t let it show on her expression. Damn right! ”Okay. But I need it, like, now. It’s very important.”

When he introduced himself again she snorted. ”Dude, heard you the first time. My name’s Amy.”

Amy followed ‘Mr. Freedom’ here, shrugging her shoulders when he said that she reminded him of someone. Maybe she did! Maybe he had an old girlfriend who looked and acted just like her! Whatever. Wasn’t her business. She quirked a brow at his questions.

”Why are you asking me all of this?” She asked, not sure how else to respond. She entered the run-down police station and glanced at all of the equipment. She furrowed her brows at his next question. One of them? One of... who? ”Uhm, one of who? I’m afraid I’m new to the area and totally don’t know... almost anything you’re talking about. All I need is my communication device to be repaired.”

”Uhm, dude, why do I need to talk to you?” Amy asked. She wondered if maybe he was lonely. She was about to tell him to take the ability to talk to him away – she didn’t want anyone screening her conversations with Max, Todd, and Ace after all – when he removed his mask and her breath caught in her throat for a second.

Mason? Was that really... Mason? She hadn’t seen him since she’d come here, since they’d broken up and he’d gone off the deep end to go sleep with one of the school harlots.

”Mason? Is that you?” She asked.

”Yeah, okay, but I don’t need to contact you at all,” Amy said, but she was caught off-guard by his next comment never slept with Maxine... bullshit. She scoffed and turned away from him, no longer wanting to be here. However, his question made her think. Why was she here?

”I don’t know why! I just appeared here with all my friends. I mean – I’m confused. But I guess I have to take out villains. Which I’m totally cool with – bad guys are bad news!” She said, narrowing her eyes at Mason, prepared to bolt. ”Which makes me think... where’s your allegiance?”

Amy did not want to hear this right now. She was here to fight crime and stop villains, not deal with her ex. When he said that he never slept with Maxine she rolled her eyes and didn’t acknowledge it, instead just focusing on the communication advice. She would definitely get a new device later – once she got away from this... Mason. Or so she thought.

But what if it wasn’t Mason? What if one of the villains was a shapeshifter and took the form of Mason? That thought was enough to make Amy suspicious.

When he suddenly kissed her Amy’s eyes widened in shock and when he pulled away, she slapped him clean across the face. She ignored his comment about the maps and shoved her finger into his chest.

”Listen up, ‘Mason’. I don’t trust you and I don’t love you. And I don’t know if I believe you’re actually Mason. If you are Mason why didn’t you wake up in the room with the rest of the Heros? For all I know you’re a villain and you forcing a kiss on me is not going to make me soften up. Now, this city map,”[/b Finally, she acknowledged the map and kept her eyes on Mason in case he made any sudden movements. ”How old is this? Tell me the differences between this map here and the way things are now.”

”Stop. This isn’t about you and me, Mason.” Amy said, shaking her head when he said he never stopped loving her and didn’t do anything to hurt her. Yeah, right. Not telling her about that stalker was definitely hurting her, because she wanted to know. But apparently Mason didn’t think it was important. As far as Amy was concerned, he could go off and marry Maxine.

She looked over at him as he worked and exhaled, watching as the sunlight from outside caught on strands of his dark hair. The sunlight seemed brighter in this universe for some reason. ”Okay. So tell me what information you’ve gathered about the villains.”

”Well, it’s not for me. So shut up.” Amy snapped at Mason. She was more interested when he discussed the villains. Clay and Lucian. Clay... who was that? The janitor? What the heck? Shyanne was a name she recognized all too well, and her brows rose.

”You gotta know more. If this is all you know that’s not helping much. Are there all alliances with the villains? Where are their hideouts?”