Speedsters 2

Pretender was having trouble keeping track of the speedsters, but one of them slowed down for a moment, and he was able to make the connection.

A moment later he was in a new body, and he instinctively dodged bullets that were heading in his direction. It was a young male body, and the world around him seemed almost as though it was standing still. Even Bambina seemed to be moving in slow motion toward them. The only things that were visibly moving were the other speedsters, who were calmly and methodically cutting throats.

He stepped quickly in the direction of the nearest one, who said something incomprehensible to him. He lunged forward and stabbed the man in the neck, watching as the body stopped in midair, with blood flying in every direction.

The others noticed immediately, and they all headed toward him at a run.

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A twelve year old girl had popped up in one of the windows; Starlet, a twelve year old child villain. It looked like she was aiming at them in slow motion; the others were focused on him, and they didn't notice her pointing at them until suddenly there was a blast of light and one of them had a hole in his chest. There was no blood; the beam of energy she'd used cauterized itself on the way out. His body was caught in midair suddenly; still moving in their frame of reference, but slipping out of it as whatever alteration of the laws of physics that had allowed them to move at incredible speeds suddenly turned off.

***

By the time the man reached the window, he was only at the base of the building, and a moment later, Starlet was flying through the window, and it looked as though her neck had been snapped.

She was frozen in the air with a strange expression on his face; Pretender was startled when he saw what looked like a strange shadow of a translucent woman surrounding the girl; it was as frozen as she was, but it seemed to be looking right at him.

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