Jesseca’s bare feet slapped loudly on the rain soaked rooftop as she ran across it. The city shone brightly after the storm it had been experiencing over the past day or so, and Jesseca couldn’t be happier. As she neared the edge of the roof her heart began to race with exhilaration, and she squealed with delight as she leapt of the edge when she reached it.
Hannah smiled widely at the cuteness that Jesseca exuded. Swooping down Hannah caught Jesseca under her arms in mid-air and carried her high above the sprawling cityscape.
“Having fun!?” Hanna yelled down to the giggling Jesseca.
“This is awesome!” Jesseca hollered back up to her pilot.
The pair had been playing “Airplane” all morning, and neither showed signs of tiring of the game.
“What’s going on down there?” Jesseca asked as they flew near some smoke billowing from an alley below.
“Looks like a fire.” Hannah responded and dropped her altitude to get a better look.
As they got closer to the alley they saw that the smoke was coming from a pile of burning Clockwork minions, they also saw that there was currently a fight going on with a hero and another handful of Clockwork.
“Let me go!” Jesseca yelled.
Hannah released her grip and let Jesseca drop to the ground with a loud crash as the pavement shattered beneath her. Recovering quickly from the landing Jesseca ran headlong into the fray. Electrical bolts seared the air around her as they went by, and she leapt stone feet first into the small mob, sending them, mostly in pieces, to the ground.
Stomping the still twitching Clockwork Jesseca turned to check on the hero she’d aided. “Not you again!” she yelled when she saw Dementia’s Knight dusting himself off.
“I could say the same for you pint size.” he said as he sheathed his sword.
“Thousands of heroes in the city and I have to save you?” she said with a scoff.
“Hmm, just lucky I guess.” he said and turned to leave.
“That’s all I get? Not even a ‘thanks for the help’?” she asked bitterly.
Dementia’s Knight shrugged and turned around, “Never asked for it, so why should I thank you?” he asked.
Jesseca fumed, she charged up a fist and took a swing at him, hitting him square in the chest and sending him flying backward.
As he skidded to a halt Jesseca stood mouth agape. “I hit you.” she said dumbly.
Dementia’s Knight sat up with a groan, “Very perceptive of you.” he said as he held his chest.
“Why didn’t you teleport out of the way like before?” she asked.
“If you must know, I can’t. The man I was working for took the device he gave me that let me teleport.” he said as he slowly rose from the ground.
“Why?” she asked, folding her arms in front of her.
“You’re awfully curious.” he told her.
Hannah landed behind Jesseca as she answered the man, “I meant why don’t you work for him anymore?” she asked.
Dementia’s Knight shrugged, “He was wrong about your friend, and I couldn’t work for a man that would attempt to kill an innocent.” he said.
Jesseca and Hannah nodded in unison. “Well, that’s very noble.” Hannah said and put a hand to Jesseca’s shoulder, “Come on, I think we’ve done enough here.” she said. Jesseca turned and the pair started to depart.
“Wait!” they heard Dementia’s Knight call from behind them, making them turn around.
“Yes?” Jesseca asked.
“Well, I was wondering if maybe we could pool our powers together, and combat the Clockwork in the area.” he said.
“And why would we want to do that?” Jesseca asked.
“The man that hired me has some connection with the Clockwork, I overheard him talking about some sort of plan to overtake the city.” he told the two women.
“And so you thought that you’d pound on the Clockwork one by one until they were all gone?” Hannah asked.
Dementia’s Knight shook his head, “No, I thought that maybe we could raid the Clockwork King’s hideout and stop the attack before it starts.” he said with a sigh.
“Wait, lemme get this straight, you were gonna take the Clockwork King on by yourself, and who knows how many of his minions if and when you happened to find his hideout?” Hannah asked, placing her hands on her hips.
“Pretty much, yeah.” he told her, placing his hands on his hips as if to mimic Hannah.
“Even with our help that’s a retarded plan.” Hannah said. “The Clockwork King is way more powerful than even the three of us combined.” she informed him.
“Fine, I’ll go myself.” he said and walked away.
Jesseca turned and looked at Hannah, “He’s probably going to die, y’know?” she said.
Hannah shrugged and began to hover off the ground, “Better him than us.” she said and picked Jesseca up and took off to the air.
