“Velocity! Run to the other side, you’ll catch him there” MP commanded. Velocity nodded her head and ran off.

Another day, another superhero adventure. They've been working together for a couple of days now, maybe even two weeks? Velocity isn't sure, she hasn't really been keeping track. She quickly cut off the criminal on the other side of the building, pushed him on to the ground and tied his arms and legs. After escorting the criminal to the police, she went to meet back up with the other girls. They were already busy chatting.

“You're really getting into the leader role, aren't you?”

“Who? Me?” MP asked, looking in the direction of her friend’s voice.

“Yeah, you! You keep bossing Velocity around”

“Wha- That's not true! I'm just giving suggestions” MP corrected but her friend wasn't so sure if she believed that.

“I don't mind being given orders, at least then I know what to do” Velocity pointed out.

“See, she doesn't mind!" MP smiled “Anyways, I gotta run, I’ll see you next time!” MP waved and then she was gone.

Velocity waved back at her. “Does she always leave this quickly?”

“Mostly. She used to stick around more when she first started out. We used to hang out for hours after”

“Oh, I see. I was gonna ask if you're even friends with her, cause she always leaves so quickly”

“I’d like to think we are. Why do you ask?”

“Well, I was just wondering” Velocity stopped for a minute “and I was kinda hoping that I could become friends with her too. But she's always… gone”

“Ah, yeah. I think you're already friends though! I wouldn't worry about it that much!” her friend's cheerful words made her feel a little bit better about the situation. “Wanna do something together again?”

“Sure, that'd be fun! Uh… How about the mall” Velocity suggested.

Recently the two girls developed a habit of hanging out after they caught the bad guys. Velocity remembered when she asked to hang out the first time.

“Would you like to go get some food maybe?”

“Yeah, sure. Let me just get my clothes”

“Hold on. Clothes? You're not…?”

“Why would my clothing turn invisible? That makes no sense”

Velocity watched as clothing started floating out of a bag laying next to a nearby bench. Soon the clothes formed into the shape of a human body. Then her hands slowly started to appear.

“Oh, you're not gonna be…?” asked Velocity. She was a bit surprised that the other girl wasn’t going to be, well, invisible when they were hanging out.

“No, I wouldn’t want to risk losing them. Let’s go” she started walking towards the mall. It felt weird for Velocity to see her now. She was quite short… shorter than she thought the girl would be.

“What do you usually do when you go to the mall?” Velocity asked, snapping the girl from her flashback. It'd be their first time actually going to a mall, previously the other girl never had the time.

“Usually I don’t go”

“Oh! Sorry! I hope I’m not forcing you”

“Nah, don’t worry about it. We can make it fun”

They walked into the mall and Velocity led them to the arcade area downstairs. The place was quite large with lots of games to choose from. Velocity led them towards an air hockey table.

“Ever played this one?”

“Yeah, when I was younger” she walked to the other side of the table. Velocity inserted a coin to the machine and they started playing.

“You know” Velocity started “I want to get to know you better, cause you don't really type a lot in the group chat. I mean… neither does MP, but she's not here”

“What do you wanna know?” she tilted her head

“What's your favourite colour?” Velocity scored a point.

“I like green”

“Purple for me”

“I can see” she pointed to Velocity’s outfit, which was mostly purple with a hint of black.

“I’m not hiding it very well, am I?” Velocity laughed and scored another point “Favourite snack?”

“Not that much into snacks”

“Wow, couldn't be me. Hobbies?” another point.

“Uhh…”

“I'm not bothering you, am I? You sound anxious” point.

“No, you're fine. I just don't know how to answer”

“Oh my God, you keep missing, are you blind or something?” she joked.

“I did leave my glasses at home, yes. I can't see that well without them”

“Oh, maybe we should do something else then? I saw some food trucks outside” 

“That could be cool” she picked up her bag from the floor and started walking to the exit of the arcade.

“Oh, I can take it for you!” Velocity took the bag out of her friend's hand without waiting for a response and they walked out of the arcade.

They walked upstairs towards the exit. On the way, they passed a group of teenagers loudly discussing some school topics. Velocity's companion got visibly uncomfortable. She got stiff and switched to Velocity's other side, to be further away from the group. Velocity took the hint, grabbed her friend by her hand and walked faster towards the exit.

“You good?” Velocity asked.

“Yeah”

“Not a fan of crowds?”

“Not at all” she laughed and walked to one of the food trucks to order some tteokbokki. Velocity got gimbap from a different food truck. They met in the middle and followed Velocity to a nearby bench to eat.

“Do you have any questions for me?” Velocity asked, biting into her gimbap.

“Do you not have other things to do? Like… you wanna hang out a lot” she continued eating her food.

“Cause I think it’s fun! I wanna get to know you better”

“Ah, I see. That’s nice. Pia stopped hanging out after a while”

“Yeah, that must’ve been annoying”

“Not really. I know we’re still friends, we just don’t talk as much and that’s fine. Besides, I know she has her real life responsibilities too”

Their chatting was interrupted by a loud scream coming from the other side of the parking lot. They gave each other a look. Velocity put her food on the bench and went to check out the noise, leaving the other girl behind. Soon after, Velocity came back running.

“Hey, hey, hey. Are we, like, the only people who get powers?” she asked.

“What do you mean?”

“Like, here's a superpower if you don't use it good, we’ll take it away, you know?”

“I think, so… why?”

“Cause I don't think so! Look!” Velocity screamed and grabbed her friend's hand, dragging her towards the noise. There they saw a man throwing cars around, with his bare hands.

“Oh shit” she said.

“Right!”

“I’m calling Pia” 

They would definitely need the help.