Holly and Felicia navigated through the museum when the lights went off.

“Shit,” Holly muttered.

Felicia knew somebody would turn off the power so she came prepared. She unclipped the night vision goggles from her belt and put it on.

“Follow me.”

Holly followed Felicia through the darkened hallways of the museum until they found themselves in front of the room the Egg was stored when one of the kids burst through the door, his face bruised.

“It’s Robin and Spider-Man,” the guy said through heavy breath. “Get out of here, it’s Robin and…”

A string was attached to his back and he was yanked back into the room letting out a scream.

Holly gave a nervous nod to Felicia and she snuck a peak using her night goggles. She saw a small blurry green figure in a cape and pixie boots alongside a much bigger figure zipping around the air like acrobats. Some of the kids tried fighting back but they were dispatched with relative ease.

“It’s them,” Felicia said.

“Oh shit,” Holly said in a harsh whisper. “The Cat didn’t tell us they’d be there. What are we going to do? What the fuck are we supposed to do?”

Holly was right to panic. Everybody in their right minds knew that Spider-Man and hell even Robin were no joke. They all took on the Joker and all those other freaks. They weren’t to be messed with. For a brief moment, Felicia thought that she should retreat. Cut all evidence that would lead connect her to the Cat and just disappear.

I have high expectations of you.

Felicia was sure he was looking at her when she said it. And this was her one and only opportunity to do the one thing she was good at: stealing. Her one and only opportunity to get out of the rut school and Cobblestone Alley made her feel. To know why The Cat was so interested in her, in all of them.

“Wait for my signal and distract them.”

“What?” Holly whispered.

“I said wait for my signal and distract them,” Felicia said. “I have a plan.”

“Felicia that’s suicide,” Holly hissed. “They’re fast and strong. They’ll catch up to me in not time. I’ll be caught and then you will and then…”

“I have a rope on me,” Felicia said. “There’s a switch on top over there. When I give the signal, you switch it on. Those two will have a hard time getting to us with all the lasers around.”

“But Felicia…”

“Trust me,” Felicia said. “You want to join the Syndicate, right?”

Holly nodded.

“Well let’s show them what we can do.”

They climbed atop the network of beams, stopping atop the golden egg laying below them. Felicia wrapped the rope around her waist, wrapping the strong wire around a beam. Holly stood by the switch. Felicia gave her a nod before descending down to the egg, lowering the wire slowly and slowly down when…

…

His spider sense started to buzz.

“There’s someone over there,” Jason said.

Spider-Man saw a lady with platinum blonde hair descending down with a wire. Robin dashed towards her; Spider-Man tried getting him to stop when…

…

The lights flashed on. Spider-Man and Robin let out a sudden groan, stumbling around like they were drunk. Felicia gave Holly the thumbs up. Felicia unwrapped the rope around her waist, gloved hands closing in on the egg when suddenly there was a whistling of wind. Felicia narrowly avoided getting her face scratched by the boomerangs Robin threw.

But the worst was yet to come. Spider-Man fumbled onto the lasers and…

…

The sirens blared and the red lights burst to life. Spider-Man regained his bearings just in time to see the girl ascend up a rope as a cage snapped around the empty spot where the egg was.

“You’re not getting away,” Spider-Man said. He attached his webs but Robin was already on it. He jumped in the air, kicking her across the stomach. The thief rolled on the floor.

“Get the egg,” Robin said. “It’s over…”

…

Felicia kicked swung her legs in an arc, hitting the boy in his shins. The boy tripped, falling on the floor. She cast a quick glance at the beams upwards as unwrapped it from the ropes and made a run for it with the egg in her hands.

Felicia wasn’t stupid. She knew she couldn’t trust a girl she just met with something valuable when they were competing, no matter how friendly they got with each other. Felicia needed a way to get up. She saw the grappling hook dangling at Robin’s belt. She reached out for it but the boy was quick. He grinned.

“I know a pickpocket when I see one,” Robin said. Robin tried twisting her wrist but Selina had taught Felicia a thing or two about self-defence and how to fight. Living in Cobblestone Alley you had to know stuff like that.

Felicia slackened her wrist, allowing her to pull from Robin’s grip. Felicia tried scratching at his face but Robin stepped back. She chanced a glance upwards and saw Spider-Man…

…

The girl ran with the egg but Spider-Man was faster. He reached for the egg.

“You know the saying,” Spider-Man said. “Don’t count your eggs before…”

Holly rolled out of the way. Spider-Man quickly regained his bearings. He attached his web to the egg.

“Before you hatch them,” Spider-Man said. He pulled the egg out of her grip before the girl could even grab a hold of it.

“Before you hatch them.”

Spider-Man landed in front of her in a crouch, egg hanging out in his outstretched hand. He stood up, bouncing the egg like it was a ball in his left hand and walking towards her.

“Now tell me,” Spider-Man said. “What’s a girl like you doing on a night like this?”

The girl took a step back. The beams of the rooftop starting to feel a whole lot smaller as Spider-Man walked towards her bouncing the egg in his hands.

“I have to say it was smart,” Spider-Man said. “What you did with the lights. I’m still seeing stars.”

Holly tried reaching for the egg but Spider-Man threw it to his other hand. “Nope, uh uh. Eggs are very delicate. You can’t just throw them around. You have to treat them nicely.”

Holly looked down to see Felicia was still in the middle of…

…

Dodging Robin’s blows. Felicia had to hand it to the kid, his punches hit like a hammer. She looked up to see Holly backing away from Spider-Man as he closed in on her. All Felicia had to do was get the hook hanging on his belt but the kid put up a good defence, not letting Felicia grab a hold of it.

“I have to hand it to you,” Robin said. “You fight well for a girl.”

“That’s not a very nice thing to say,” Felicia said. “Didn’t your Bat-Dad teach you manners.”

That seemed to strike a nerve. “He’s not my dad,” the boy shouted. He lunged. Felicia smiled. The perfect opening.

“I’ve had enough of this,” Robin said. He removed Batarangs from his belt and prepared to throw them…

But Felicia was zipping up in the air using his grappling hook.

…

Holly decided to make a run for it.

Spider-Man sighed, he flicked his wrist and Holly could make out the sound of something clicking. “Why do the pretty ones always run? Is it the…”

Spider-Man had no time to react as Felicia kicked him across the railing. The egg flew out of his grip. Felicia reached for it, almost falling of the edge of the beams to grab it.

Spider-Man attached himself to the wall, feeling a little fazed. “That hurt, you know.” He shook his head and for some reason found his gaze trained on the girl’s necklace.

“Wait isn’t that…”

He had no time to think about it as the two girls started to run.

The familiar looking girl with the ashen hair had the egg.

“Hey can you show me the necklace,” Spider-Man said. “The necklace you have on. It looks really…”

Spider-Man launched a web at the egg but before it stuck, Felicia threw it over to Holly who caught it and ran. Spider-Man went after Holly but before he could even get close Holly threw the egg away and Felicia caught it. Spider-Man swerved quickly but Felicia had already fired the grappling hook, swinging in a wide arc towards the door. Spider-Man followed after her, swinging after her too. It would seem they were about to meet by the door and Spider-Man. Robin was dashing after them and the girl had no way to escape but Felicia threw the egg directly through the door where…

…

It was stupid.

Stupid stupid stupid.

Holly probably already made a run for it. There was no way she was there. Her brain told her not to trust her but chalk it down to a feeling, chalk it down to the nice conversation they had beforehand but Felicia decided to take a leap of faith and throw the damn egg through the damn door.

It all seemed to go by in slow motion. The egg going through the door like a cannon ball, the flash of red in front of her and Robin calling her a bitch below. All that greeted her in front was an empty hallway and Spider-Man ready to catch her and take her to the cops. She wondered what Selina would think, she wondered what the trial would look like.

And then it happened. Holly stepped by the hallway.

And Holly caught the egg.

…

Spider-Man was by the door ready to throw a punch. The thief was swinging right towards her and there was no way he’d miss her. Once he caught her the other girl would be easy pickings.

“Hello,” Spider-Man said. The girl was getting closer and closer. “Right in the spiders…”

The girl let go of the grappling hook and rolled on the floor. The wire hit him straight in the face and the girl dashed past him. Spider-Man lunged his hand out desperately before grabbing hold of the girl’s shoulder. The girl grabbed his arm and swung him over her.

“Ow,” Spider-Man mumbled.

Felicia ran past him. Holly was waiting for her with the egg safely clutched in her hands.

“Let’s get out of this place,” Holly said.

Felicia nodded in agreement. Before she could start running, however, a rope wrapped itself around her waist.

“No, you don’t,” Robin said with a sneer. He pulled causing her to trip and stumble. Robin pulled her back and for a brief second Holly looked like she was about to run away with the egg in her clutches.

But then Holly stepped on the rope. Robin let out a growl of frustration removed some Batarangs from his belt. Holly held up the rope and the Batarangs sliced through them. With Robin’s grip around them loosened, Holly and Felicia made a run for it holding the egg in their clutches.

Spider-Man swung into the scene.

“That hurt, you know?” Spider-Man said. “I demand compensation for…”

Felicia slammed a button and Spider-Man slammed into a big metal gate leaving a Spider-Man shaped dent on it.

Felicia and Holly laughed as they made their way out of the museum.

…

“Holy shit I was scared,” Holly said, down as they walked through the rooftops, Holly walking with the occasional skip in her step. Felicia had the egg dangling on her belt, casting the occasional eye to make sure it was fastened there properly. Below them sirens wailed and police cars screeched as they made their way to the museum. “Spider-Man and Robin! I was shaking.” She turned to face Felicia with a big grin on her face. “How the hell did you hold up against Robin for so long?”

Felicia couldn’t help but smile too. “I train sometimes with my sis. When you live where I live you have to learn how to defend yourself.”

“But still, Robin,” Holly said. “If you managed to last that long in a fight with him I think you have Batman in the bag.”

Felicia chuckled. “You’re getting ahead of yourself.”

“But with the way you move you must do some sort of exercise,” Holly said. “You gotta teach me sometime. You fight like a…”

Holly didn’t have time to finish her sentence as piece of wood slammed into her face. Holly crumpled on the floor.

“Holly!” Felicia reached out but a barrel of a gun stopped her.

“Don’t move any further!” Tiny roared. “Or the girl gets it!”

Tiny pointed the gun at Holly.

“Now gimme the egg!” Tiny said. “Or else I’ll take it myself.”

Felicia was surprised she didn’t see Tiny during the heist. A guy that big wouldn’t be easy to miss.

“Where’d you get that gun?”

“Security guard,” Tiny said with a grin. “All I had to do was wait for one of you to steal the egg and… BOOM!” Tiny shouted the boom in an attempt to intimidate Felicia. Felicia didn’t wince “The egg is mine.”

Tiny walked over to Holly and placed a leg over her neck, gun directly over her head. “Now give me the egg.”

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Holly regain consciousness. She saw her subtly flick her wrist and a pair of claws flick out. She gave her a small nod. Felicia nodded back.

“Fine,” Felicia said, unclipping the egg. “You can have it.”

Holly scratched Tiny across the shin. A gunshot echoed as Tiny roared in pain. Holly rolled out of the way. Felicia and wrapped her legs around his neck pulling him back. Holly took that opportunity to take a stray piece of wood and hit him across the belly.

Tiny fell on the floor, unconscious. His gun clattering on the roof. Felicia unwrapped her legs and walked over to Holly whose forehead was bleeding.

“You okay?” Felicia asked.

Holly was out of breath but she was fine. “I’ll be okay. Compared to Spider-Man and Robin this guy is nothing.”

Holly gave her a smile, blood running down her forehead. Felicia smiled back.

The lights of the apartments below them flashed on and the police sirens.

“Can you walk?” Felicia asked, holding her arm.

Holly grinned. “I can run.”

Felicia and Holly made their way across the rooftops as police sirens wailed in the night.