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.