Solar Girl left the Inn and flew into the night, drizzle pattering lightly against her. After flying a few hundred feet up, she stopped, and just hovered there. She had to face facts. She had no way home, and what?s more, she had no way to express where her home was. There was an infinite number of worlds out there, and Rhy'din had a connection to all of them.
She flew into the bell tower of a nearby temple to get out of the rain. A pulse of light (lower in the tower, where she wouldn't be seen), and the rain sizzled away. She then sat down, and weighed her options. As far as she could tell, Rhy'din had no supers. So there was no joining a team. She was going to have to operate on her own. She'd done it before she joined the Guardians, and she could do it again. The only difficulty was in finding a place to live. A bell tower was definitely not going to be her home.
She was pondering just this conundrum when she heard the scream. She flew from the bell tower, and above the alleyway she had heard it come from. Below was a woman, fending off three men of very disreputibale appearance. Solar Girl frowned, and glided down.
She came to stop hovering a few inches above the ground behind the men and began to glow, a soft white light as bright as a torch. "Excuse me gentlemen" she said, "but I think the lady's entitled to her belongings."
One ruffian took off immediately, screaming something about an angel. One of the remaining two was pulling out a gun. That surprised her. She didn't expect there to be guns here. Then he shot her. His grin of victory quickly faded as the slug fell to the ground, flattened. "You'll have to do better than that," she stated, calmly, as beams of light shot from her outstretched right hand, heating the gun up rapidly. There was a loud bang as the bullets cooked off in the weapon, and its wielder dropped the remains, holding his hand in great pain.
That left the last man. He pulled a knife and stabbed at her. She shook her head as the blade broke. "You're not too bright, are you?" she asked, grabbing him by the face. "We'll see about that." And with that, her hand glowed like sunlight, and he screamed, falling back and holding his eyes.
"That's only temporary," she assured him. She then turned to the woman, who was looking at Solar Girl with eyes of fear. "You don't have to fear me, ma'am," she soothingly replied. "That's what I do. I right the wrongs. You can go now. They won't bother you any more tonight." And with that, she shot straight up, glowing until she was high in the sky, and then was dark again.
She stopped two house robberies and an assassination that night, although the assassin managed to wound her with a stab in the arm with his blade. She figured it had to be magical, but she subdued him just the same. Imagine her surprise to find out there was no police force to speak of.
"Rhy'din needs a defender," she mused. "Perhaps it has one. Maybe, just maybe, that's why I'm here."
With that, she went to find shelter and plan her next move.
She flew into the bell tower of a nearby temple to get out of the rain. A pulse of light (lower in the tower, where she wouldn't be seen), and the rain sizzled away. She then sat down, and weighed her options. As far as she could tell, Rhy'din had no supers. So there was no joining a team. She was going to have to operate on her own. She'd done it before she joined the Guardians, and she could do it again. The only difficulty was in finding a place to live. A bell tower was definitely not going to be her home.
She was pondering just this conundrum when she heard the scream. She flew from the bell tower, and above the alleyway she had heard it come from. Below was a woman, fending off three men of very disreputibale appearance. Solar Girl frowned, and glided down.
She came to stop hovering a few inches above the ground behind the men and began to glow, a soft white light as bright as a torch. "Excuse me gentlemen" she said, "but I think the lady's entitled to her belongings."
One ruffian took off immediately, screaming something about an angel. One of the remaining two was pulling out a gun. That surprised her. She didn't expect there to be guns here. Then he shot her. His grin of victory quickly faded as the slug fell to the ground, flattened. "You'll have to do better than that," she stated, calmly, as beams of light shot from her outstretched right hand, heating the gun up rapidly. There was a loud bang as the bullets cooked off in the weapon, and its wielder dropped the remains, holding his hand in great pain.
That left the last man. He pulled a knife and stabbed at her. She shook her head as the blade broke. "You're not too bright, are you?" she asked, grabbing him by the face. "We'll see about that." And with that, her hand glowed like sunlight, and he screamed, falling back and holding his eyes.
"That's only temporary," she assured him. She then turned to the woman, who was looking at Solar Girl with eyes of fear. "You don't have to fear me, ma'am," she soothingly replied. "That's what I do. I right the wrongs. You can go now. They won't bother you any more tonight." And with that, she shot straight up, glowing until she was high in the sky, and then was dark again.
She stopped two house robberies and an assassination that night, although the assassin managed to wound her with a stab in the arm with his blade. She figured it had to be magical, but she subdued him just the same. Imagine her surprise to find out there was no police force to speak of.
"Rhy'din needs a defender," she mused. "Perhaps it has one. Maybe, just maybe, that's why I'm here."
With that, she went to find shelter and plan her next move.