Evolve or die! 29

[More of me, Scruff]
We stopped dead at the sound of the guard's voice and turned around. He didn't have a gun, of course - hey, he was a British security guard. They don't let them have guns, and quite right too. Guns hurt people.
The guard was speechless for a moment as he saw us. Hey, like I said, cool costumes. And Emily just looks cool all the time. We kind of rock.
Apparently he gave Emily an opening. She fired her crossbow, smashing the guard's radio before he could report us. Bless the little crossbow-expert! She's dark and scary, and she kills people, but she is very, very cool. And when she fires that little crossbow of hers, she hits the target. UNLIKE all those losers on the BBC's 'Robin Hood'. Boy that show sucks... But Emily says I'm getting off-topic again. Hey, look, if you're going to make a show about Robin Hood, who's probably one of the coolest characters in the world, it's not hard to make the show cool, is it? But the BBC show... well, it's just not cool, that's all. Anyhow, back to the story...
Laura followed up for Emily, showing her athletic and martial arts ability. She knocked the guard out cold with two kicks. I was kind of impressed, and I'm not exactly a bad fighter myself. Emily does things with weapons, Laurra uses her hands and feet, and me? I'm the girl who does stuff with computers.

"He's out," Laura whispered. Emily and me moved silently over the grass to join her.
"Hey, good work, Black Kitten," I said. Laura's mask isn't the most expressive in the world. I know she got the idea from Batgirl, but it still looks cool. She pulls it off - she's got the figure for it. Me, I prefer my Robin outfit anyhow.
We moved silently across the grass to the buildings of the water treatment works. There we waited in the shadows, scanning the surroundings with our night-vision lenses.
The way was clear, and we moved forward. I'd got a plan of the plant off the internet (I am SUCH a geek like that), and we knew where Toxic would have to go to introduce her poison to the plant.
"Hey," Laura whispered, "I thought these plants purified the water."
"They do," I whispered back. "But the process isn't infallible. Why, I heard there was a case years ago when a chemical spill in Wales turned the whole of Liverpool's water supply into TCP mouthwash. The spilled cemical reacted with something in the treatment process to create the mouthwash."
"Ew! Imagine making coffee with that!"
"Yeah," I smiled.
There was the hub, the place where Toxic would have to insert the chemical. And once it was introduced into the water supply, thousands would be doomed.
I saw the van drive up, and I knew.
Toxic was here!

Evolve or die! 28

[Still Scruff. Like I said, you'd get bored reading about Sis and Diana]

I drove the Grey Car fast through London. Yeah, I don't have a licence yet (I'm still not old enough), but I am THE safest driver on the planet, and I'm not kidding. I've never had an accident yet. And I do have a motorbike licence. The Black Kitten sat beside me, the lights of the car's dashboard reflecting off her green eyepieces. Did I say that her suit's way cool? Because it is. Not just ordinary cool either.
Did I care about my Robin costume? Not much. It's cool too. VERY cool. The sort of costume that impresses bad guys. And right now we were on our way to deal with Toxic. Me, Laura Moriarty, Alias the Black Kitten, and Emily Fairbairn, alias The Outsider. Together we were the three most dangerous teenagers on the planet (how cool is that?). We were going to stop Toxic from killing thousands of people by putting the second part of a two part poison in London's water supply. We were also going to hurt some crooks, but that's really Laura and Emily's department, not mine. I guess it's why they're still friends after Emily shot Laura's Dad and killed him.

The Canning Town water treatment works is pretty huge, and brand new. It does water treatment for half of London, if Toxic poisoned its supply, we'd be in big trouble, and I don't mean perhaps.
Of course, we couldn't get in through the front gate. First of all, like I said, Sis is kind of like the Green Hornet. The cops all think she's a crook, so I couldn't drive her car up to the front gate. Second, the Black Kitten's got an even worse reputation, and third, that just ISN'T cool at all. There's no fun if you don't get to beat up bad guys!
So I drove round the back and parked in a quiet lane where no-one could see us. I got out, and Laura and Emily followed me. Me! I was in charge!

We pretty quickly found a tree that overhung the chain-link fence, climbed up it, and dropped over into the water treatment works. I have to say, I was really glad terrorists like to drive car-bombs into stuff, not sneak in, otherwise my plan wouldn't have worked. But it did! Laura's cool costume has night vision lenses, so she was okay. I had my own night vision goggles, and of course Emily can see in the dark. Actually that was our only problem - her eyes glow, and while it's cool and scary, it's also kind of easy to spot.
We moved silently over the grass. Then I heard a voice behind us.
"Stop where you are and turn around!"
We'd been rumbled!

Evolve or die! 27

[Still Scruff. Sis could tell you all about being tied up in Toxic's base, but it's really boring, trust me.]
We spent the rest of the day in Laura's pool, figuring there was nothing much we could do till it was dark anyhow, and we might as well relax (Sis was mad at me for doing that, but she's my big sister, so she's meant to do that. And it was great fun too. Hey, we don't have a pool at home, so Emily and me wanted to use Laura's while we could). After a light supper we got into our costumes. Laura's outfit is SO cool, and I don't mean maybe. It's black and sinister-looking. I wish I'd thought of it, but no, I get stuck with my Robin outfit. Hey, not that I mind that, but... well, just seeing Laura's outfit made me feel a whole lot less cool. I guess... well, being with Laura's kind of like standing next to Batman. Whatever you're wearing makes you feel less cool. Unless you're Dr. Fate, I guess, he has a REALLY cool outfit. Emily says I'm getting off-topic, so I'll get back on it.
Laura's costume was cool. There's just not a lot more I can say about it. World's coolest outfit after Dr. Fate.

Usually the Black Kitten uses a really cool black motorbike, but we couldn't fit hers in the boot, so she rode up front with me in the Grey Car (cool car, not so cool name, but hey, it's not my car). Last time she rode in it, she was in a state, but now she bounced up and down on the comfortable leather seat.
"Hey, comfy seats!"
"Sis uses the car for stake-outs," I explained. "That means we need comfy seats."
"Electric back-massagers?"
"Don't push your luck."
"Can't have everything," Laura agreed. Hearing her cheery voice coming from behind that blank mask was kind of odd. Kind of like Emily's kind of creepy. Only not so creepy, if you know what I mean. I mean, Emily's kinda creepiness personified, being black and smoky with glowing red eyes. She kind of scared me last time I walked in on her in the shower. But that's another story...
I started the car.
"Black Kitten grapple. Check," Laura said. Emily giggled.
"You two have been watching daytime TV again," I warned.
"Who cares! We're off!"
And we were. Laura used a device in her belt to open the gates of the house for us, and the Grey Car sped off, into the night. Emily loaded her crossbow. We were out hunting! And our prey was called Toxic!

Evolve or die! 26

[Still Scruff]
Laura Moriarty, Alias the Black Kitten (Sis thinks she gave that up, she didn't, but she was just fighting crime in Cheltenhasm instead of London) lives in a big house in Clapham. It's all hers now, complete with a high-tech garage for her sleek black Kittencycle. I am SO jealous of her sometimes. I mean, I have to ride in Sis's car all the time. Most of the time I don't really mind, but sometimes it just sucks.
I parked the grey car (we need a cooler name for it, but hey, it's Sis's car) outside Laura's place, and I jumped out and ran to the door. I rang the bell and waited on the doorstep. It looked like Laura was in, but appearances can be deceptive. Hey, I know that, I'm great at fooling people that way.
Suddenly the door opened.
"Scruff!" Laura grabbed me and hugged me. "Scruff, you're a mess!"
"She always is," Emily pointed out. "It's why we call her Scruff."
"Yeah, I guess so. But... hey! That's the Girl in Grey's car! Where is she?"
"We wish we knew," Emily answered. "Right now I think some crook has her. Someone called Toxic who wants to kill every drug addict in London with a two-part poison. Part one is in the drugs this crook's selling, and Toxic's going to put part two in the water supply."
"We know where too," I added proudly. "The Canning Town water treatment works."
"So you need the Black Kitten to help you guys spring the Girl in Grey, beat the crook, and save London?"
"Sort of," Emily answered.
"Oookay. Come on in," she ushered us inside, and the three of us sat down in Laura's huge and rather cool sitting-room.
"So, what do you mean, Black-and-smoky?" she asked.
"She means Sis wouldn't want to be rescued first," I replied. "We beat the bad guy, THEN we spring Sis."
"Works for me," Laura said at once. "You mean you're thinking tactically?"
"I guess."
"Sure you are! You're letting the bad guy think he's won... it is a guy?"
"We don't know. Mysterious type."
"Oh, yeah. I met one of them in Cheltenham. Magic guy trying to throw a horse race. I mean, please! the guy had cool magic powers and he was going to use 'em to nobble horses! But he was a guy."
"Toxic doesn't have magic powers," Emily said.
"Okay. Hey, but I met this really cool magic girl who helped me beat Dr. Alchemy. Yeah, he called himself Dr. Alchemy. I mean, corny name or what, huh?"
"Corny," I agreed. "You'll help?"
"Will I? The Black Kitten is BACK!"

We were going to ROCK!