The Boss shook her head. “I don’t like the idea of sacrificing one of my sisters on a whim, Teddy, even if Trinity has an interesting relationship with the concept of, uh, dying.”

Teddy shrugged.

The Boss stopped rubbing Teddy’s back eventually and fiddled with her phone. She started by checking her messages. A bunch of them were from the Boss’s mom (the GrandBoss?) and hadn’t been answered yet. The Boss read them faster than Teddy could, then she sighed and went back to the phone’s main page and opened a news app.

Teddy was soon a little bit bored. Sitting next to the Boss was nice and all, but it wasn’t superfun when the Boss wasn’t paying her any attention, and the others looked like they were having all the fun. Trinity had pinned Athena to the ground and were attacking her with tickles while she kicked and punched and giggled a bunch.

Then the Boss gasped, and Teddy started. She looked around, but couldn’t spot any trouble, not until she looked at the Boss’s phone and read the article the Boss had stumbled onto.

Local Hidden Villain “Cement” Captured by Glamazon and Silver Fox Team-Up!

Today, around noon, the intrepid new Hero Glamazon, as well as local celebrity Silver Fox, teamed up to capture a Villain known only as Cement.

Cement was an active, if discreet, Villain operating within Eauclaire for well over a year, mostly focused on white-collar crime, but he is suspected of organizing and leading a gang of drug smugglers and sellers operating within the very heart of the city.

The arrest came after a short but decisive battle on Elm Street, leaving part of the street unusable.

“He was arrested,” the Boss said.

“Looks like it,” Teddy replied. He must not have been all that good of a Villain, then.

The Boss stood up suddenly. “So he was telling the truth. At least . . . partially. Teddy, we might have to go see that house he mentioned, before the police and everyone else gets there.”

“Oh?” Teddy asked. “We’re not in costume, though.”

Emily nodded. “You’re right. Let’s go home. We need to pick things up real quick before heading out.” She cupped her hands to her mouth. “Girls! Tina, Trinity, come on.”

The others untangled themselves, then ran over, Trinity looking bright and happy, despite one of her six eyes being black on the edges and her clothes looking a bit rumpled. Athena, on the other hand, didn’t look happy at all.

The Boss didn’t seem very impressed, but Teddy didn’t say anything. If it were up to her, and she weren’t responsible for looking over her smaller sisters, she’d have been in the tussle too.

“Right,” Emily said. “We need to hurry home.”

“What’s going on?” Athena asked.