Hawks (Remade)

Chapter 1

The temperature over the weeks had been steadily descending as fall approached. It was still comfortable enough to last through the days with a T-shirt. My outfit consisted of black biker shorts, an oversized shirt that reached a little lower than my hip, and black ankle high leather boots.

To be honest I wasn't that picky. I didn't have a favorite of anything. Chicken ramen flavor packs would suffice. Yes, it was not high-end, but it was still toothsome. Turning the corner of the street, I saw the store that had everything for dinner and other necessities. Everything was going smoothly, there even was a sale for the ramen packs. All of a sudden, an audible commotion was going on near the register area.

"Give me all the money in the register, or everyone in this store dies," a man yelled while firing a gunshot warning towards the ceiling. Instead of following the man's orders, the cashier set off an alarm that would alert the cops.

"You're going to regret that old man," he hissed.

Three more men came into sight behind the three customers including myself. Positioning the sharp edge of a knife to our throats, they threatened us not to move an inch. All of them wore black ski masks, and most likely possessed quirks.

Ah that's just great. Now we're hostages.

"This is annoying. Haven't you ever been told not to harass women? It's not a good first impression," I said in amusement.

"Shut your mouth brat," he growled.

Are all bad guys this emotionless? Can't even joke around. "You don't even wanna have a little conversation?" I jokingly pouted.

Police cars were audible from a distance. Soon some hero is going to show up for a taste of glory. All heroism nowadays is a popularity contest.

"If you want to live, I would suggest you shut up now."

"But being a hostage is so lame, and not to mention boring," I complained. He added pressure on the knife into the skin of my neck leaving a cut. Perfect. I started to sniffle my nose.

"I...have to sneeze. Like really badly," I persisted as my nose twitched.

The imbecile removed the knife to allow me to sneeze without getting jabbed in the neck. This man was about to have the worst day of his life. Staying turned away from him, I lifted my leg and then swung it back. As it got closer, a knife activated and stuck out of the heel of my shoe. The guy couldn't react in time as he was stabbed where the sun didn't shine. I used his mask as a gag in his mouth to muffle his screams. He collapsed to the floor curled up with his hands between his legs.

"Good luck having kids buddy," I turned my head and smirked at him.

Time to take care of those other guys. I must reach them before they take the hostages outside. Or else they would use them as a scapegoat. What was hidden under my shirt was two small attachments on the outside of my thighs. Inside were spider web thin wires with a needle on the end that are almost impossible to break. Weaving between the isles, I spotted the others and got ready to sneak an attack. Using the wire from a distance, I wrapped it around their ankles. Once everything was in place I yanked both at once which caused them to fall and drop their weapons. Soon from the ankle up they were wrapped in an inescapable trap.

"What's happening? There's nothing here but I can't move. It's like I'm tied up," the first guy spat out.

"Boss! This isn't going as expected. We should try to find another way out," the other one shouted.

"Use your quirk you fools!" the boss snapped.

"We can't move an inch! Our type of quirks won't work right now!"

The boss was still with the cashier. I didn't know why they went out of view of each other. It allowed me to take the three of them out without any issues. They must've been a bunch of rookies.

Without hesitating I took another strand of wire and immobilized the boss.

"What?!" he gasped. When they were all left helpless, I pulled on the string to haul them to each other. Luckily they weren't too heavy, because any more pressure on my arms the thread would cut into me.

I've been training with this wire for almost my entire life. It's not even my quirk, it was just an add on. Controlling where it goes is like breathing to me now. With my uniform I can deal with more wire strands, but when I was casually out and about I can only handle two. My quirk wasn't even needed in this situation.

When the police rushed in to arrest the criminals, they were bewildered to see the robbers already motionless. As soon as the police were closing in on them I retrieved the wire before they could catch on. The wires left no trace but the littlest bit of blood. Not even the victim would notice. I didn't want people thinking that I had anything to do with this.

Soon a cheer was heard outside. Flying in was Hawks, the number three hero. Great, now time to answer some cop questions so I could go back to my apartment.

Hawks caught sight of something behind me and asked, "What happened to you?"

That was when I heard a man yell from behind me."That bitch stabbed me!"

Why did they have to take the gag out of his mouth? I turned to face the man who was in tears and pointed to my neck revealing the slit he left on my neck. "No, look what you left on me. Before you could do anything worse you fell to the ground."

"Oh ouch man, that's gotta hurt," Hawks muttered while covering his mouth. He glided to the man and assisted the cops in moving him.

"I'm sorry ma'am, you must've been through a lot. Please stand by and a nurse will be able to check on you soon," the cop said.

"Okay, thank you sir."

"I must say, I'm impressed you stayed so calm," Hawks praised.

My nose scrunched, "Me too."

A few minutes passed, and Hawks and the cops took care of the robbers. By the time they were finished the nurse was done checking on me."You'll be okay dear. Just get home and get some rest, you deserve it."

Deserve it?

I nodded and decided it was time to go home. Only one step out of the store and my body froze. Reporters and citizens were everywhere. They were interviewing Hawks and the other customers who were in the store. The cashier was also overwhelmed with many questions, and I didn't want to be next. Guess it's time to use part of my quirk.

Past the crowd was an open area. I envisioned myself at that spot. As I walked to the cameras people started to catch sight and glance over at me. Instead of stopping in front of them, I pushed through to join the horde of people. Once encircled I activated it. My quirk allows me to blink to places I can see. I pictured myself at that location; I was gone in an instant.

Time for an evening night walk home with nothing accomplished. Everyone in that crowd would think I just got lost in the mess. I forgot the ramen. Taking a lollipop out of my pocket, I sucked on it to pass the time as I made my way home. About ten minutes passed and a recognizable voice caused me to jolt.

"Heyooo. You're from earlier, right?" Hawks asked. He was perched on top of a small building.

I turned my head and gazed up at him. A small, slight cough escaped my throat before I spoke. "If I said no, would you even believe me?"

"Okay, you got me," he gushed as he scratched the back of his head. "I saw how you reacted to the reporters back there. Don't like big crowds huh?"

I sighed, "I didn't sign up for questioning. Shoo."

He huffed, mocking. A loud commotion coming from down the street caught his attention. "You're lucky I got to go, but I'm sure I'll see you around."

Once reaching my apartment, my body dived into bed. The odds Hawks and I were ever talking again were very slim. I was glad. The only reason we did today was because of the store incident.

After a few hours of watching a random movie from the shelf, my eyes started to become heavy. It was time to sleep in till the normal time of noon again. There hadn't been any missions assigned to me in a while, but I'm glad. Usually there's a mission night after night. And truthfully, I was bored. Once I closed my eyes, deep sleep soon followed.