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Mysterion surveyed the city, jumping from roof to roof.
The city wasn’t riddled with much crime, so he went around making sure to note the places that had graffiti and helped some old ladies cross the street. He was glad the city was safe, on occasion, but he hated how boring these patrols could get.
As he passed through the park, he notices a girl laying in the snow. She was on her back and some books were scattered all around her.
He jumped down from the tree he was in and ran to the girl. He thought she must have slipped on the ice.
The snow just started and flowed all around them.
He bent down to her and checked her pulse.
She opened her eyes and looked up at him, “What the hell are you doing?”
Mysterion took a step back as she sat up, “I-I thought you were hurt.”
She looked him up and down and could see the embarrassment on his face.
She gave a small smile, “I was just enjoying the snow- I’m sorry what are you?”
Her hair just hit her shoulders, it was black and the tips were dyed purple. Her unique grey eyes were so wide and when she stared at Mysterion it made him nervous. She stared at him so intensely as though she could see everything that made him up.
He composed himself and held his hand out to help her up, “I’m Mysterion. This towns superhero.”
She gathered all her books and accepted his hand. “Superhero? Hmm my parents may be right about this town.”
Before Mysterion could ask what she was talking about she tilted her head up and whined, “Aww the snow is stopping.”
When she looked back at Mysterion he could see her bright red nose and cheeks from the cold.
“I don’t recognize you.” He said breaking the silence.
“I’m new in town, just moved in today. I also don’t believe a superhero would know everyone in town.”
He gave her a sly smile, “Maybe not everyone but I do remember pretty girls like you.” She tilted her head, her expression the same, “Hmm.” She turned on her heel and started walking out of the park.
Mysterion jumped after her, “Wait, where are you going?”
She turned her head, not all the way but enough to show she was listening, “I’m starting at a new school tomorrow so I’m heading home to get some rest.”
It was dark, the streetlights illuminated the freshly fallen snow. She opened one of her books and started reading.
Mysterion walked next to her.
She looked from him to her book to him again. She let out a sigh and shut her book. “Why are you following me?”
“It’s late and dark, I’m making sure you get home safe. You could slip on the icy concrete like I thought you did back in the park.”
She looked up at him and laughed, “You thought I slipped and knocked myself out! No wonder you checked my pulse!”
“Well how was I supposed to know you were just enjoying the snow.”
It came out of Mysterions mouth with more sarcasm than he intended but she wasn’t bothered by it.
She tried to give him a glare, but her smile wouldn’t leave her face, “So you walk all the pretty girls home? No real crime to stop?”
He hesitated, “South Park is… fairly safe.”
She nodded her head as though she had heard it before. She scribbled something on a sticky note in her book.
Mysterion tried to take a look but she shut her book before he could read it.
“So, anything else about the city I should know about?”
Mysterion thought about everything he had seen in this town, from monsters to the horrible people.
I mean hell even he was one of South Park supernatural occurrences.
This town had ‘strange’ pumping through its veins.
“It’s unique.” “Unique…” she mumbled to herself.
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Her house was on the upper side of the city, where Token lived.
Mysterion had seen this house vacant for many years.
When he was younger, he remembered him and his friends use to dare each other to go inside because they believed it to be haunted.
She told him that her parents had bought the house but since they travel so much for work, they never really got to settle.
The lights in the house were off, Mysterion thought that her parents must have gone to bed already.
She took the keys out of her pocket and unlocked the door.
She turned to face him, “Thanks for keeping me company.”
She stepped into the door frame when he yelled after her, “Wait, what’s your name?”
She smiled and again gave him all her attention, “I’m Tabitha but I go by Tabby.”
He waved goodnight and headed home.